There have been quite a few questions about if Sony plans to release a PS5 Pro or equivalent more powerful console iteration sometime midway through the PS5 life cycle. A new patent could possibly hint at a ?high-end? more powerful PS5 being planned, but the truth is likely a lot more complex than simply another PS5 Pro as this setup also involves scalability for PlayStation Now and cloud gaming.
The patent?s title is ?SCALABLE GAME CONSOLE CPU/GPU DESIGN FOR HOME CONSOLE AND CLOUD GAMING? and which does seem to indicate the idea behind the patent is about more than just scaling up PS Now. The abstract (summary) reads ?In a multi-GPU simulation environment, frame buffer management may be implemented by multiple GPUs rendering respective frames of video, or by rendering respective portions of each frame of video. One of the GPUs controls HDMI frame output by virtue of receiving frame information from the other GPU(s) and reading out complete frames through a physically connected HDMI output port. Or, the outputs of the GPUs can be multiplexed together.?
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