AMD Hinting that they will get the win for Nintendo's next handheld?

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nomad said:

phaedruss said:

MsClasher said:

1. If it has WiiU's raw power it would need to be around the same level as a Surface Pro machine, but that thing needs a fan to run and the surface can get hot. I think Nintendo would want a cold/fanless machine. It would need to have 2016/2017's tech to work, but I don't think Nintendo will use newer tech.

2. If they still PowerPC maybe, but they would need to fit that in a handheld. Unless they find something else.

1. I think mobile is at least approaching Wii U levels especially with Nvidia Tegra K1.

2. They said something about the next platforms "absorbing the wii u architecture"

That's why it's still going to run hot. Tegra K1 TDP is supposedly 11W at max load, that's hot. It was at 28nm node. Let's assume by 2016-17, when 16nm finFET is ready, power consumption is reduced by ~50%, that would mean about 5.5W. 11W would be no problem for a actively cooled tab like Surface and 5W is not a problem for a iPad/SG tab size devices, but will still be a problem for handhelds like Vita/3DS.

Yea Tegra K1 would be too expensive anyways, but even shrinking down the current wii u soc would be something since it's 45 nm. I was reading an AMD presentation and it said that shrinking from 40 to 28 nm reduces power consumption to a third of what it previously was IIRC. Given that and a slight downclock you could get it pretty low I think.