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Re:Intel lost the Sony Playstation business to AMD by ac29 on Monday September 16, 2024 @08:33PM (#41562727)
> Yeah, this was rigged from the start. If Sony did want to take up Intel next gen, they'd need to do a lot of work on backwards compatibility with the PS5 on the PS6. Whereas I imagine the PS6 being a "PS5 Pro Pro" at this rate.

Why would they need to do a lot more work on compatibility if they'd picked Intel vs AMD?

Either CPU is presumably going to be x86_64. The GPU is almost certainly going to be much different between AMD's PS5 GPU and AMD's PS6 GPU, so the graphics driver will need work either way.

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Re:Intel lost the Sony Playstation business to AMD by yangff on Monday September 16, 2024 @10:34PM (#41563465)
They could have AMD provide a compatibility layer for the GPU (although this might be a bad idea), but implementing an AMD compatibility layer on Intel/NV clearly seems like an even worse idea. But at least you might be able to run the already compiled shaders in compatibility mode?
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