SWITCH Rumor Round-up

[JEMC]

Wyrdness said:

JEMC said:

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.

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.

Wii U's CPU was basically the Wii CPU multiplied by three, and that's ok because they were IBM processors and they were all 1 module, 1 core.

AMD doesn't make that kind of processors... unless you think that Nintendo will go with a Zen processor. So (and this is always assuming that those specs are true, something that we don't know), NX CPU is either based on IBM, ARM or Zen.

And of those three options, ARM is the best one if NX has some kind of hybrid functionality. And with the right combination of processors, for example 4 big ones with another 2 LITTLE ones, it could still be more powerful than the Jaguar ones of PS4/X1 in home console mode, and with the CPU configured with two modules of a pair of big ones plus a small one, one of those modules can be turned off in handheld mode to improve battery life.