he PlayStation 4 It is one of the most successful consoles in history. With more than 117 million units sold, this hardware not only marked a before and after for Sony, but It also helped AMD, a company that would have gone bankrupt in 2013 had the platform not been launched.
Via his official LinkedIn account, Renato Fragel, senior director of gaming and consumer OEM customers at AMD, noted that the launch of PlayStation 4 was so big, Avoiding bankruptcy of that company. Here’s what he said about it:
“[El trabajo de AMD con Sony fue] Seen as one of the most successful launches in AMD history, helping AMD avoid bankruptcy.”
Before the launch of PlayStation 4, AMD was suffering from multiple financial problems, and they were not experiencing the desired success, so many believed that the company’s days were numbered. however, Salvation came when AMD built the PS4’s semi-custom Accelerated Processing Unit (APU).. Speaking to the Inquirer in 2013, the company said it was the most powerful APU it had made at the time.
nowadays, AMD is one of the most important chip manufacturing companies. On a related note, AMD’s next PCs will have an architecture similar to the PS5. Likewise, the PS5 outperforms the PS4.
Author’s Note:
It’s amazing how things work. If it wasn’t for the PlayStation 4, we probably wouldn’t be talking about AMD right now. This is a very special success story that makes it clear that collaboration is very important.
Through: LinkedIn
