Things are becoming clearer as we approach the end of Q1 2024, and Sony's mid-generation PS5 Pro device is about to be announced.

This time, it is not a rumor or an informed source, but rather the giant manufacturer of electronic chips and semiconductors, AMD, in the words of the technology director of the American multinational, who clearly hinted at new gaming platforms that will be launched during the year 2024.

Via the No Priors channel, and in a new interview with Mark Peppermaster AMD’s CTO, when asked about the company’s next step regarding AI, clearly said that 2024 is a big year for AMD as they have managed to finish enabling AI across their entire portfolio.

For the company, 2024 is also a big publishing year for them, he said. Mark PeppermasterAMD is currently enabling its gaming hardware to be augmented using AI, which points to the fact that hardware available or released this year will be capable of doing this.

All indications this year point to a date for the announcement of a revolutionary new console, and most expectations point to the PS5 Pro platform launching later this year, which has been confirmed by multiple reports from informed sources who have stated that Sony's next device will already feature... An update to the processor architecture will be an Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), which is a single chip that combines a central processor (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), and other units on the same chip, as is the case with the current PlayStation.

While it's almost certain that the PS5 Pro will support an upgrade to support AI technologies, it's clear that its Accelerated Graphics Processing Unit, called the Viola APU, will support this, which will power the system that doesn't contain NPUs, and that's according to well-known AMD leaker Kepler.

While the leaker was skeptical about the AI ​​upgrade in the next PlayStation processor without Sony's participation in its R&D efforts with AMD, today's statement seems to confirm how the companies have already worked together on this.

In any case, we remind our followers that the insider Colin Moriarty Speaking during the latest episode of the podcast Sacred Symbols, he said A developer close to him who works for an “external” or “mid-sized” third-party publisher explicitly told him that they had officially shared the technical specifications for the upcoming Sony PS5 Pro console. This means that Sony is either preparing to ship new development tools for the mid-generation device, or has already done so.

With information and details about the PS5 Pro specs in the hands of many studios and publishers, there’s a good chance we’ll hear more information from a variety of sources sooner rather than later. For more on the topic, click here.