Editor'due south take: Renowned hardware photographer Fritzchens Fritz has published a new batch of images that provide the most detailed look however at the processor powering Sony's PlayStation 5. Even if you lot can't make sense of exactly what you're looking at, the sheer intricacy of mod chip design lonely makes them worth checking out.

The chip in question, codenamed Oberon, was developed past AMD for use in the PlayStation 5. It's based on AMD'south Zen 2 and RDNA architectures, with eight Zen 2 CPU cores and 36 compute units (CUs). Boosted specifications on Oberon can be found over on TechPowerUp.

According to Tom's Hardware, this very bit is featured in AMD's 4700S Desktop Kit, but with the graphics portion disabled. It is believed that chips that didn't pass quality control on the graphics side are being repurposed in the desktop kit.

The gorgeous die shots reveal the floorplan that AMD ultimately decided on, with the GPU cores in the middle flanked by the Zen 2 CPU cores. Tom's notes that there is as well clear indication of AMD'south Infinity Material, and you lot can also spot the GDDR6X memory controller along the edge of the SoC.

Fritz shouldn't be a new name to TechSpot readers. Dorsum in 2022, we featured a collection of the user's homemade die shots. If y'all are at all interested in the subject of macro photography every bit it relates to hardware, I'd encourage you to check out his Flickr albums for hundreds of additional examples. There'south also some very impressive infrared photography on display if y'all're more into general photography.

All images credit Fritzchens Fritz, Flickr