| torok said: Mobile performance still has to respect the laws of physics and some basic computing rules like Moore's Law. The best mobile tech in 2015 is Tegra X1 and even that's a stretch because it's only available in a micro console and not in a tablet. It isn't on par with PS360 yet, but fairly close. The most powerful SoC used on a tablet is Tegra K1. It is less powerfull than X1. They have beefy GPUs but lack memory bandwidth and specially CPU power. From Moore's Law, we would need 2/1.5 years to double the processing power, with the memory bandwidth increasing slowly because there is the memory wall. With consoles consumption around 150W and mobile limited to 10W we have a 15X difference that puts a 6-8 years gap in power between these devices, aligned with the comparisons between Tegra X1 and the 8 year old tech on PS360. Wii U uses a 2009 GPU with some custom improvements so we could consider it a 2010 level GPU. That means that they will probably have a tablet ready SoC that's similar in power only in 2018. |
Talking about Moore's law well there's 2.5D chip stacking from AMD and 3D stacking from NVidia, never know could be options for '16 or '17. But in the end, I'm willing to bet the NX HH to be near if not as powerful as U, with the home version a moderate boost from that. Ninty can opt for a low powered APU, like Carrizo, for their home con and a similar structured chip suited for their HH, whether its off the shelf or slightly modified, the tech is certainly there.
