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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Tegra X1 successor Detailed by Nvidia (likely NX SoC)

This is just a bit from Wccftech

 

"Starting with the details, the Tegra Parker SOC is based on the 16nm FinFET process node from TSMC and uses NVIDIA’s latest CPU and GPU architecture. The bulk of the mass is dedicated to the Pascal GPU cores and their Denver 2 CPU cores. The chip features 256 CUDA cores that are based on the same DNA that is featured on the Titan X (Pascal) graphics card. The ARM v8 CPU complex comprises of two Denver 2 and four A57 cores with an coherent HMP (Heterogeneous Multi-Processor Architecture).

The Denver 2 and A57 chips each pack 2 MB of L2 cache and are linked via the HMP architecture to deliver 4 MB L2 cache. The Denver 2 chips also pack 128K+64K sub cache while the A57 chips include a 48K+32K sub-cache system. In addition to the CPU cores, the unit also packs 128b LPDDR4 support with 50 GB/s bandwidth (ECC). Display is a triple pipeline (4K @ 60 FPS) link while camera features include auto-HDR technology on up to 12 cameras."



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I think there's a slide that claims 625 Gigaflop performance for the Parker/Pascal X2, but Nvidia has also apparently said 750 Gigaflop, I think the discrepancy might be that Nvidia wasn't including floating point performance for the CPU in one of their examples, I dunno.



Good thing that Nintendo always uses high end cutting edge technology or else people might think this is NOT the NX SOC.



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For a mobile chip it sounds like a pretty kick ass chip, likely the best in class (though Apple's A10x may have something to say about that).

For a home console chip though ... it's definitely no XB1 or PS4, so y'know I guess whether you are happy about this will depend on your POV.



Soundwave said:
I think there's a slide that claims 625 Gigaflop performance for the Parker/Pascal X2, but Nvidia has also apparently said 750 Gigaflop, I think the discrepancy might be that Nvidia wasn't including floating point performance for the CPU in one of their examples, I dunno.

The performance jump from X1 seems like it will be more the on the CPU side

vivster said:
Good thing that Nintendo always uses high end cutting edge technology or else people might think this is NOT the NX SOC.

Yeah I'm only going on rumors Also if Nintendo were using the X1 then development kits would have been out early 2015 not this year.



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Soundwave said:
For a mobile chip it sounds like a pretty kick ass chip, likely the best in class (though Apple's A10x may have something to say about that).

For a home console chip though ... it's definitely no XB1 or PS4, so y'know I guess whether you are happy about this will depend on your POV.

Yeah if it uses this chip it will be a great portable console, but i think Mobile SoC's are still bandwidth limited which is probably one of the reasons Nvidia stuck with 256 CUDA cores



Werix357 said:
Soundwave said:
For a mobile chip it sounds like a pretty kick ass chip, likely the best in class (though Apple's A10x may have something to say about that).

For a home console chip though ... it's definitely no XB1 or PS4, so y'know I guess whether you are happy about this will depend on your POV.

Yeah if it uses this chip it will be a great portable console, but i think Mobile SoC's are still bandwidth limited which is probably one of the reasons Nvidia stuck with 256 CUDA cores

I think Nintendo will go for th 128-bit bus which would give them 50GB/sec and Nvidia's tiling based rendering might help reduce bandwidth needs a lot, but yeah seems like they're stuck at 256 CUDA cores. 

Would be interesting if the SCD patent is actually a real thing and it can link up two Tegra X2s in unison, I'd be curious to see what type of games such a little unit could pump out. 

It is a hell of a portable chip though no doubt about, how close Nintendo can get it to 100% clock speed is the question. The Google Pixel C tablet runs the Tegra X1 at 80% clock and it can run for 4-5 hours running the T-Rex graphics demo, which isn't bad. 



Soundwave said:
For a mobile chip it sounds like a pretty kick ass chip, likely the best in class (though Apple's A10x may have something to say about that).

For a home console chip though ... it's definitely no XB1 or PS4, so y'know I guess whether you are happy about this will depend on your POV.

Mind that mobile devices usually go for extremely high resolutions, with most high-end devices using 1080p or 1440p screens. As those are pretty expensive, I can see Nintendo using a 720p-900p screen to cut costs and also avoid taxing the GPU. It's more like what Vita did with a 540p, it has a bunch of games that still look better than current high-end mobile games.



torok said:
Soundwave said:
For a mobile chip it sounds like a pretty kick ass chip, likely the best in class (though Apple's A10x may have something to say about that).

For a home console chip though ... it's definitely no XB1 or PS4, so y'know I guess whether you are happy about this will depend on your POV.

Mind that mobile devices usually go for extremely high resolutions, with most high-end devices using 1080p or 1440p screens. As those are pretty expensive, I can see Nintendo using a 720p-900p screen to cut costs and also avoid taxing the GPU. It's more like what Vita did with a 540p, it has a bunch of games that still look better than current high-end mobile games.

Yeah a nice quality 720p display at 7-inches or so would be fine I would think. My cheapo Samsung 8-inch Galaxy Tab 3 has a 1280x800 screen and honestly it's still quite pretty to look at (it's a regular LCD panel too, not OLED). Hopefully Nintendo doesn't pick a shit quality screen like the Wii U has. 



If the NX is powered by this and not the old one they deffenitely have my attention.




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