AMD representatives said that the solutions for embedded technology will be one of three major strategic directions for the coming years, which AMD expects to receive up to 40-50% of revenues. In the second half of next year, AMD leadership promised the first fruits of this concept, and video game consoles have been cited as examples of the use of processors in embedded solutions.
The developers get started prototyping platform for creating applications for PlayStation 4, which Sony has called as Orbis. System for debugging and development of gaming applications hosted inside an ordinary computer, it is based on a hybrid processor AMD Series A10. In the serial console will be used specially modified version of the processor A10.
The amount of memory system prototype is 8 GB or 16 GB, optical drive Blu-ray is provided, and a storage capacity of 256 GB. To the list of supported interfaces PlayStation 4 will be no different from its predecessor, provides Wi-Fi, Ethernet and HDMI. In January, there will be another prototype PlayStation 4, more approximate in their characteristics to the serial. Announcement of the console is scheduled for June next year.