With rumors growing that the PS5 Pro could be announced this week, Sony has announced a “PS5 Technical Showcase” live stream hosted by PS5 lead architect Mark Cerny

According to a post on the PlayStation Blog, the nine-minute presentation will “focus on PS5 and gaming technology innovation” The presentation in question will be streamed live on PlayStation's YouTube channel at 11 am EST The blog post doesn't go into further details, but it's enough to get PS5 owners excited

Just last week, Sony posted an image on the PlayStation Blog celebrating the PlayStation's 30th anniversary, and X-user Videotechuk was among those who leaked concept art of a design similar to the PS5 Slim but with added stripes Videotechuk found an icon similar to a sketch purportedly of the PS5 Pro by the same person who leaked the concept art, which resembled the PS5 Slim but with added stripes However, many reports and leaked information had been saying for months prior to that that Sony would release the PS5 Pro as a mid-gen refresh of the PS5 This latest blog post is just adding fuel to the fire

8K resolution and ray tracing are two features that constantly come up in PS5 Pro discussions More interesting, however, is a new form of supersampling, such as Nvidia-DLSS, which the Digitial Foundry calls “PSSR” (“PlayStation Super Sampling”) This technology should help improve frame rates thanks to machine learning techniques

Another hint about the PS5 Pro's specs comes from YouTuber Moore's Law is Dead, with Insider Gaming and IGN confirming the scoop According to the leak, the PS5 Pro boasts 67 teraflops of computing power, which translates to 335 teraflops of “floating point” performance in terms of actual game play In contrast, the PS5 has only 1028 teraflops This technological leap should, in theory, allow the PS5 Pro to go toe-to-toe with the best gaming PCs, according to another report from Insider Gaming, which states that the PS5 Pro will feature a significant boost in system memory performance, increasing from 448GB of memory on the base PS5 to 576GB The report says

According to the same report, the PS5 Pro will have the same CPU as the PS5, but the new console will feature a “high CPU frequency mode” that will increase the CPU clock speed to 35 GHz This will result in the PS5 Pro's processor being clocked 10% faster than the base PS5 The PS5 Pro will also reportedly have 45% faster rendering speeds and improved ray tracing performance

Sony has not stated that the PS5 Pro will be announced at the PS5 technical showcase, but it is not unreasonable to assume that the rumored console will be announced - especially since Mark Cerny himself is hosting the live stream It will definitely be a stream to keep an eye on, especially since Mark Cerny himself is hosting the live stream, which will no doubt give us a glimpse into what's next for PlayStation

We'll be keeping a close eye on this story as it unfolds