PlayStation 4 Likely to Be Released in Spring or Autumn 2014

<p>Technology news site <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;semiaccurate&period;com&sol;2012&sol;12&sol;10&sol;confused-about-xbox-next-and-ps4-code-names&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">SemiAccurate<&sol;a> claims that Sony will release the PlayStation 4 in either the spring or autumn of 2014&comma; and that the console is codenamed &&num;8220&semi;Thebes&&num;8221&semi; rather than the previously rumoured &&num;8220&semi;Orbis&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Other than it being an AMD CPU and GPU&comma; we don&&num;8217&semi;t have much more specific details&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the site states&period; &&num;8220&semi;It is said to be a 28nm part&comma; likely fabbed at Global Foundries or IBM for the first run&comma; and out after Oban&period; That would most likely be the spring of 2014&comma; but it could be fall of that year too&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Oban&&num;8221&semi; is the rumoured name of the developer test chip being used for Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s next-generation console&period; As with their claim regarding the PlayStation 4 codename&comma; SemiAccurate also claims that the codename for the Microsoft console is different from the one previously rumoured&comma; that rather than &&num;8220&semi;Durango&&num;8221&semi;&comma; the codename is actually &&num;8220&semi;Kryptos&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;383099&sol;ps4-release-date-springautumn-2014-codenamed-thebes&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">CVG<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;5eed988a-4475-4832-81bd-213a3c2176c2" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;