Not all Digic X processors are created equal (Will the R6 get ‘X’ feature?)

JustUs7 wrote:

I was listening to a podcast.

Shutter Stories: A Canon Podcast

Season 3: Episode 14 from November 3, 2022

Mastering stills and motion with the Canon EOS R6 Mark II

They discussed a rather common question that’s brought up. “Can they bring ‘X’ new feature(s) to the R6 via firmware update?” The answer is often no Not just that they won’t

Turns out that each generation of processors actually goes through updates and upgrades before they consider it enough to call it a whole new processor. The Digic X processor in the 1DX Mark III is no the same Digic X processor in the R3 and later. The original Digic X runs hotter for example. I don’t recall exactly what the changes were (some materials used if I recall), but the R6II has an updated Digic X that can simply do more than the R5 and R6 edition.

I thought it was interesting. I don’t know how to link a podcast but the description above should make it easy enough to find. It’s an English language cast but created by Canon Europe.

Our assumption is the term DIGIC number is a marketing term and doesn't give us information about the exact chip and support chips used.

It's possible that it's linked to a major software platform, like Windows 11.

We see very little actually published about the development of DIGIC ABC. I wonder whose foundaries they use or process.

The machine is what the machine is at the end of the day but we folk like to know more don't we.