Sony patent uncovered: “Dynamic Content Switching Between
Architecturally Distinct GPUs”  Sony has perfect plans for the
PS4, if this new patent is to go by.  Consoles unlike desktop
PCs have limitations. These include, size, power, heat and a
variety of things that will reduce the performance threshold of
what these consoles can achieve. However, there are some
advantages too like coding to the metal which allows developers
to extract as much juice out of the hardware as possible.
According to this new patent “Dynamic Content Switching Between
Architecturally Distinct GPUs”, they can include two GPUs in the
consoles one a high performance one and another a low
performance one, and it doesn’t matter if they
are architecturally different. The content can be dynamically
switched between the two.  Now what I am thinking is that they
are probably going for an APU+ GPU combination. APU has a CPU
and GPU in a single die but the latter is low powered which
cannot be useful for big budget AAA games. However, when co