The PlayStation Portal OS source code was shared online this week, and it has revealed additional information on the CPU that powers the handheld system.
In compliance with applicable open-source software licenses, Sony released the source code for versions 1.00, 1.01, and 2.0.0 of the OS that powers the console. Alongside opening up some possibilities for modding the system, the source code also revealed some information on the Portal’s CPU, which is apparently the Snapdragon 680, as highlighted by @emuonpsp on X/Twitter. This, however, seems to conflict with the information from last week’s teardown, which suggested the CPU that powers the system was the Snapdragon 662, so it is not yet clear if the chip is indeed the 680 or if it is labeled incorrectly in the firmware, although the memory type used suggests the console is indeed powered by the 680.
ソース見てるとHARDWARE_INFO_VERSIONで”SM6225″がdefineされてるけど、SM6225=SnapDragon 680すね。
分解検証動画だと違うCPUだった気がするけど、単に流用してるだけなのか、名前が単に一緒なだけか…? pic.twitter.com/v5m7vi7uk5— emuonpsp (@emuonpsp) November 19, 2023
It seems that SD680 uses LPDDR4X @ 4266MHz (like in that teardown video). SD662 does not.
— Andrew K. (@mr_krainz) November 19, 2023
The PlayStation Portal is now available in select regions. You can learn more about the Remote Play-focused handheld released this month by checking out Kai’s review.
The PlayStation Portal isn’t quite the portable successor that players have been asking for from Sony since the decline of the PlayStation Vita. That being said, the PlayStation Portal does one job and does it exceedingly well. It might not reinvent the remote play experience, but for those relying on controller clips to mount a phone to the top of a DualSense controller or third-party controllers that use a mobile device as the display, an official Sony product just makes sense for a unified solution. It might not replace those Backbone controllers and other devices that players might have in their home, but the PlayStation Portal might wind up being the controller that players start reaching for first.
