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TheLastStarFighter on 24 August 2016
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Soundwave said:
TheLastStarFighter said:

Of course the SCD would come with it's own power supply.  Otherwise it wouldn't be much of a "docking station" would it?  More likely, the Tablet would lack a power supply.  N3DS didn't have one.  If you bought NX Tablet + SCD you would just have the docking station plug and if you wanted you could buy a "travel AC adapter" for extra cash.  If you bought the solo tablet, it would come with an AC adapter.

A GPU-only SCD makes more sense than a whole APU.  The Tegra is more powerful than current consoles on the CPU side - it's the GPU and bandwidth for graphics that is lacking.  An older model nVida chip could be customised cheaply to provide NX Home with the power it needs to be respectable.

Well, except the patent says the SCD does not come with its power supply and needs to use the main unit's power supply. 

They could cut the CPU cores off the SCD Tegra X2 and put eDRAM there (for 1080P display). That probably makes some sense if they don't need any extra CPU power. 

I think we need to just accept this thing is not intended to compete against the PS4/XB Scorpio, even if it was, 2 TFLOP GPU wouldn't be good enough because now the baseline would be "well this thing still can't run Call of Dooty as well as a Neo and Scorpio", so it's a pissing match that Nintendo wouldn't win. 

It also says it doesn't have a video card and connects through the main console to the TV.  So it's not a "docking station" at all that you have been suggesting.

But in truth, that's just one possible setup in the sketch.  In all honesty, that patent really implies a home console, connected to TV and with a seperate controller.  And the SCD plugs into the home consle to boost processing, and the processing of other users in exchange for prizes.

So that patent doesn't suggest a Tegra at all, but rather a full home console.  But Nintendo could go in any manner of path with this system.  We just know they're both looking at a tablet-style device with changable controls, and an additional box that boosts processing.  We KNOW this from patents, but the rest of the details - including nVida - is speculation and rumor.