Hardware leaks from Moore's Law is Dead reveal AMD's next-generation "Magnus" custom APU, potentially powering future PlayStation or Xbox consoles. This revolutionary processor reportedly features an eleven-core Zen 6 CPU configuration (three standard Zen 6 + eight Zen 6c cores) paired with a massive 384-bit memory controller – a 50% wider bus than the current PlayStation 5. When combined with next-gen GDDR7 memory running at speeds up to 28 Gbps (doubling PS5's 14 Gbps GDDR6), this enables an unprecedented 24GB of memory capacity and triple the bandwidth of current consoles.
Critically, the "Magnus" moves console design away from monolithic SoCs, adopting a chiplet-based architecture separating CPU and GPU dies. This radical shift, alongside the immense thermal load from GDDR7 memory and high-clock Zen 6 cores, creates intense, localized hotspots far exceeding previous console generations. Conventional thermal management will fail under this concentrated heat.
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