2012 saw the launch of Nintendo's Wii U – the first of the eighth generation games consoles.* By late 2013, it is joined by the PS4 and Xbox One.* These new machines offer major improvements in graphical power. Both have eight-core CPUs, each clocked at 1.6GHz and based on the 28nm fabrication standard. Using the new "Jaguar" technology by AMD, this processor architecture gives optimal balance of power consumption and performance.
Codenamed "Orbis", the PS4 uses Radeon HD graphics hardware, with 18 compute units running at 800MHz.Handling screen resolutions of 4000 x 2000 pixels, as well as 3D gaming in full 1080p,* it has 4GB of ultra-fast GDDR5 memory with 512MB reserved for the OS.
Codenamed "Durango", the Xbox One features slower DDR3 RAM, but double the volume of the PS4, with 8GB including 3GB dedicated to the OS. It also has two cores reserved for customisable apps which can be run in parallel with gameplay.
Both consoles are much closer in design to gaming PCs than their predecessors, allowing stronger ports to the desktop computer format.*
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