Sony’s next-generation console, PS5, players are not only interested in its price, but also curious about its size. We have seen some real photos of the PS5 on the Internet, and we can find that the PS5 is indeed tall and strong. In addition, players also found a lot of host pictures on the official website, and took into account the opening size of the optical disc drive, the size of the USB port and the contrast height of the handle, etc., to create a game console comparison picture. The picture of
also shows: Among many consoles, PS5 will be the "highest" and extremely strong one, which is taller than the "heavy" original PS3. Later, Matt MacLaurin, the vice president of UX design at Sony PlayStation, explained in his personal account that the reason why the PS5 is tall and big is because of heat dissipation.
Recently, the doctor noticed: Sony’s competitor Microsoft's senior-Xbox president Phil Spencer also talked about the PS5's body, once again that the heat dissipation problem in the next-generation console is indeed a key issue affecting the size of the console. In addition, Phil Spencer rarely mentions competitor products, let's take a look at what he said.
This is a talk show called "Animal Talking". Phil Spencer mentioned: Microsoft and Sony’s next-generation consoles all use AMD’s customized hardware specifications, so he understands the challenges faced by Sony engineers very well because of similar They also encountered problems. A very critical issue in hardware is heat dissipation. The R&D team must make a trade-off between power consumption, performance, and heat dissipation.
During the interview, Phil Spencer explained the reason why Xbox Series X adopts a "refrigerator" shape (the doctor thinks it is more like an air purifier), that is, Microsoft developers want to put a larger fan in the machine. In this case, The rotation speed of the fan can be slowed down to avoid noise during heat dissipation. Then Phil Spencer talked about the PS5. Since the operating frequency of the PS5 is up to 2.23 GHz, which is much higher than the 1.825 GHz of the Xbox Series X, this means that the PS5 will generate more heat!
and the specific heat dissipation process, Sony has not publicly answered. Phil Spencer naturally doesn't know, but he believes that his opponent will be able to solve the heat dissipation problem, and said: "I respect what the PlayStation team has done. Their solution is completely different from ours. They have a unique design to challenge the heat dissipation problem. "We know: Although PS4/PS4 Pro is much smaller and smaller, the fan noise problem has been criticized by many players. It seems that this time, Sony would rather make the machine a little bigger than the noise problem.
According to previous revelations, we know that the PS5 shell is not fixed with screws, but a wedge or hook to fix it, which means that the PS5 shell is easier to disassemble. The doctor speculates that there are three reasons for this design: First, Sony is likely to plan to sell various themed shells or to facilitate players to customize the shell; secondly, it is for better heat dissipation. After all, removing the shell is the easiest way to cool down! Finally, the easy removal of the shell also allows players to more easily check the internal parts of the host, or perform SSD expansion operations.
