One of the issues that raised the most doubts about the PS5 Pro was the manufacturing process of its APU, Will it keep 6 nm or jump to 4 nm? It’s a question that still doesn’t really have a solid answer, and it’s more complicated than it seems, because now a process leap no longer guarantees greater profitability or cost reduction.

New rumors say that Sony will make this move and that the PS5 Pro it will use TSMC’s 4nm node. Moving from a 6nm node to a 4nm node with the PS5 Pro would allow Sony to:

• Reduce the size of the transistors, it takes up less space at the silicon level with the same CPU and GPU configuration we saw in the PS5. This would make it easier to integrate a more powerful GPU with more shaders on a smaller silicon chip compared to a 6nm node.
• Efficiency would also increase, which would translate into lower consumption and therefore a smaller amount of heat produced. This would be another of the most important advantages, as it would allow Sony to implement a more modest and economical cooling system, reduce costs and avoid overheating problems.
• Finally, it could also have cost benefits. if Sony gets a good price per wafer and if the success rate on it is high, because it could get a larger number of functional chips for each wafer it buys from TSMC, which would help it reduce production costs.

The source of these rumors also says that the CPU is a PS5 Pro thanks to the node change could come on the market at a price of $500, though to be honest, that seems like an overly optimistic prediction and I’m inclined to believe that said console will cost between $550 and $600. We will most likely see only a few in Spain 600 euros.

Finally, this source also gave more details about PSSR, the intelligent scaling technology that the PS5 Pro will use. It ensures that this technology It has nothing to do with AMD FSR 4 and is a completely independent solution which was developed from scratch by Sony, as well as the entire AI acceleration architecture that this new console will mount.