The PlayStation 5 uses a powerful AMD APU that leaves Russia’s homegrown CPU in the dust.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began almost three years ago , and there’s no end in sight. As the war drags on, Russia also has to cope with the international fallout that has seen numerous Western companies pull out of the country. Putin’s government is now pushing self-sufficiency goals across numerous industries, including gaming. The government last year ordered the development of a homegrown game console, but a new report claims Russia’s efforts are falling far short of existing game platforms.Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo all stopped official sales and warranty support in Russia following the invasion, but Russians still have access to the hardware through resellers. However, the Kremlin is adamant about moving away from its dependence on Western tech. That means the planned homegrown console needs to be built on Russian technology, and that’s proving to be a problem.Designers have apparently settled on using Russian Elbrus processors, which use the VLIW architecture and were initially designed for sensitive, mission-critical applications. Despite integrated error-checking and tight execution security, even the latest Elbrus chips aren’t very fast. Current designs are built on a 16nm process node, far less advanced the than 6nm and 7nm chips used in the PS5 and Xbox Series X, respectively. Early testing on Elbrus chips has shown they struggle to maintain even 30 fps in many games.Anton Gorelkin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, recently laid out the problem in a Telegram post.
Russia Struggles To Develop ‘Groundbreaking’ Game Console To Rival Xbox And PlayStation
