SWITCH Rumor Round-up

[JEMC]

Darc Requiem said:

JEMC said:

If it were a six core CPU, then it would be described as a six core CPU, not "Dual 3 Core Modules".

The way it's written, it looks like a pair of tri-core CPUs working together, like the Jaguar cores of PS4/X1 that consist of two 4-core processors working together.

Not necessarily. An AMD FX8300 is an octocore processor with four modules. Each module contains 2 cores. 

But those are not full cores. It's the problem of the Bulldozer architecture, that each module has some parts that make it act like two cores, like the Integer Cores, but it also shares some resources like the Decoder that greatly limit the performance of each core.

In any case, the tweet says "Dual 3 Core Modules", which implies two groups of three cores, and AMD hasn't produced 3 core designs modules. Therefore, or the wording of the tweet is wrong, should be "Three 2 Core Modules" and we're arguing about nothing, or the wording is right and it's not based on any known AMD x86 processor.

Wyrdness said:

JEMC said:

If it were a six core CPU, then it would be described as a six core CPU, not "Dual 3 Core Modules".

The way it's written, it looks like a pair of tri-core CPUs working together, like the Jaguar cores of PS4/X1 that consist of two 4-core processors working together.

I think you need to look up CPUs again mate because as pointed out AMD have done CPUs with modules it's not unlike them, the wording is not hard to work out either it highlights one CPU with dual modules housing 3 cores each.

Modules with two cores, but not with three cores. That's a very big redesign or customisation to make just for a console.