The biggest aspect of the PS5 devkit’s design revealed by the new patent is its cooling system. The v-shape in the top half of the console is important, as it houses six different fans. Three fans are aligned on each side of the v-shape, ensuring excellent ventilation throughout the entire console.
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The PS5 devkit’s cooling arrangement utilizes a vapor chamber design. Vapor chambers are incredibly efficient at spreading heat across a broad area. That allows the use of other cooling materials, including fans or heat pipes, to help dissipate heat faster than more traditional cooling solutions.
The v-shape design is also a great heat solution in a very basic way, as well. The more surface area open to air, the better airflow and so the better opportunity for cooling. That’s why the PS5 devkit’s sides are largely open, but also the center area of the v-shape, too.
With the next generation of consoles, or specifically the PS5 and the Xbox Series X, hardware is going to take a giant leap forward in performance, and with that leap forward comes a lot of additional heat. That means that small boxy shapes like the PS4 and the Xbox One S, or even the Xbox One X, are too small. Microsoft and Sony are having to get creative to manage the heat. The Xbox Series X, for example, is both big and clever. It has a large boxy shape with an excellent heat dispersion system within. The PS5, or at least its devkit, has an equally clever design.
As for whether the PS5 devkit will be similarly shaped to the final PS5 design, Sony has yet to officially confirm. However, a leaked icon for the PS5 from an official PlayStation website did hint that the console will retain some sort of v shape. It could be similar, or it could be wildly different. PlayStation fans will likely hear more relatively soon.
The PS5 is planned to release holiday 2020.
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Source: ResetEra, Let’s Go Digital
