SWITCH Rumor Round-up

[Wyrdness]

JEMC said:

Darc Requiem said:

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:

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.

The CPU in Wii U was custom made in a 3 way collaboration so why would a custom one being in NX seem odd? NX is looking to not be a standard console in its concept, as it goes the wording shows a CPU with 2 modules and 6 cores likely another collaboration like before.