The codenames for the APUs that will power the PlayStation 6 and the PlayStation handheld have been revealed by prominent leakers, effectively confirming that another leaked APU from AMD will power the next-generation Xbox console.
Following the release of a new video providing some new information on the leaked AMD Zen 6 Magnus APU, Moore's Law Is Dead provided an update on the APU codenames for next-generation systems that have been circulating online in the past few days, revealing that Orion is the codename for the APU that will power the PlayStation 6 and Canis is the codename of the APU that will power the new PlayStation handheld. While no other known leaker confirmed if Orion is indeed the APU of the next-generation console by Sony, known AMD leaker Kepler L2 confirmed that Canis is indeed the APU of the PlayStation handheld, adding that it has a monolithic design.
As there were some doubts regarding the Magnus APU being the PS6 APU (Magnus), now that it is known that Orion will be the system's APU, the AMD Zen 6 APU leaked earlier this month has been confirmed to be the one that will power the next-generation Xbox. In the video mentioned above, Moore's Law is Dead revealed some additional details on the APU, which will have a 3nm RDNA "AT2" GPU die, can go up to 70 CU, but it is expected to get 68 CU yields, and it will have a 192-bit memory bus, and not a 384-bit bus as previously revealed. Looking at the leaked specs, AMD leaker Kepler L2 speculates Microsoft may use a split memory model again, as a 192-bit bus is considered too little to feed both CPU and GPU.
With the first information on the PlayStation 6 and the next-generation Xbox leaking online, it will likely not take much longer to learn more about what the two systems will be capable of. With machine learning having made its proper debut in the console space with the PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution Upscaler, it will be very interesting to see what these systems will offer besides better specs than their predecessors.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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