PlayStation 4

Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4) was built with a vision of unified memory between a Central Processor Unit (CPU) and a Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) as required by the game developers community. The ever increasing quest for game developers to build new blockbuster games with stunning HD graphics for game enthusiasts has put a strain on the existing distributed hardware architecture. Sony's PS4 goes an extra mile in solving this bottleneck. The CPU and GPU have been built on a single custom chip x86-64 AMD Jaguar, sharing the
same pool of high speed memory, GDDR5.  Building the chip on the familiar x86 processor architecture created an easy to use hardware by game developers. The chip was custom made by AMD for Sony specifically for PS4 development. The challenges presented by 3D and high fidelity video graphics rendering on one hand, and the need for high speed asynchronous computing on the other, inspired this great innovation.

Attractive features of the PS4

• Single custom chip with unified memory

The Powerful custom made main processor chip built with unified high speed memory makes it feasible for high quality graphics rendering required for PS4.

• Play as you download

You no longer need to download the whole title before you can play. If you purchased a game enabled with this feature on PS4, you can almost instantly start playing as the rest of the title downloads in the background.

• Personalized Content

The PS4 software is able to learn of your preferences thereby allowing you to discover content from your favorite game genres.

• PlayStation Vita Remote Play

PS4 allows PS Vita gamers to play a range of game titles on the PS4 over WiFi access points.

• PlayStation app for iPhone, iPad and Android

The PlayStation app allows the extension of the PS4 to a smartphone screen and with it you can download games remotely to your console directly and in addition watch other game play of the other gamers in your network.

PlayStation 4 full tech specs

• 8 core, low power single custom chip x86-64 AMD jaguar

The x86-64 AMD jaguar custom chip houses the CPU and the 1.84 Tera FLOPs, AMD ATI Radeon Graphics Core Next Engine.

• 8GB GDDR5 DRAM

Game consoles and (3D) graphics rendering just like video editing and high performance computing require unprecedented memory bandwidth and high speed system stability.  GDDR5 combines these two features and is thence well suited for these applications which explains why it has been widely adopted in video graphics cards.

• Built-in 500GB HDD

The PS4 is shipped with an built-in 500GB memory Hard Drive.

• Read only optical drive

The PS4 features a slow optical drive that is rated at 6 x CAV for Blu-ray discs and , 8 x CAV for DVD, where CAV is Constant Angular Velocity.

• SuperSpeed (SS) USB port

PS4 features USB 3.0, a port for data transfer capable of transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps.

• Networking and Connectivity

PS4 is equipped with a gigabit Ethernet port for Local Area Networking (LAN), an 802.11b/g/n WiFi adapter for Wireless LAN (WLAN) and Bluetooth Enhanced Data Rate 2.1.

• Audio Video output

To output AV signals from the PS4  to a display screen or home theater you can either use an HDMI connection cable or an optical digital cable.

• AUX port

An Auxiliary port is also a headphone Jack and through it you can connect audio input and output signals from MP3 players, Music Players, Amplifiers, Speakers or headphones.

Buying tips

• PS4 is built to for entertainment. It has a rich portfolio entertainment applications such as Netflix, Amazon, Crackle, etc that provide access to thousands of premium TV shows and movies. It is built to keep you connected to the gaming community and to entertainment stores through your WiFi connection. If you don't have a broadband connection, keeping a local copy for favorite TV shows, videos, and games for offline access on your hard drive, might very compelling. This can quickly deplete your hard drive space. If you envisage doing heavy downloads, you will need to upgrade the internal drive to  preferably 2TB.