Lafiel said:
there is no X2 in commercial use, so we don't know - it won't look the same as the X1, it uses different CPU cores, a different GPU architecture and has a wider memory bus (all of which should be visibly different in a die shot) and it's been designed for 16nm process, while the Switch SoC is manufactured in 20nm (like the X1) |
Wrong. The X2 is in commercial use. Just not in any direct consumer segments. Volta Tegra which is the successor to the X2 has been demonstrated in the market as far back as January in cars.
You are right that it will look vastly different than the X1.
| GhaudePhaede010 said: While I believe you, I would like to know what he is wrong about. See, my way of thinking is (and call it hopeful thinking) that someone that is smarter than me says something, I say, "that could be logical" and then someone else that is smarter than me tells me why what the other person said is nonsense and I go, "OK, now THAT makes more sense" but instead, I have not gotten that. I prefer to go with clarity. I am not smart enough to just take sides, I need it to be dumbed down for me otherwise, I can be fooled. |
We have pictures with an electron microscope which allows us to see The Tegra X1 and Switch SoC in detail. They are pretty much identical.
Ergo. Tegra X1 is 100% confirmed for the switch.
Anyone who claims otherwise literally doesn't know what they are talking about.
| GhaudePhaede010 said: This is the interesting part because his video explains that the power consumption is the main reason he comes to this conclusion. Switch's power consumption is better than a stock Tegra X1's power consumption. That is exactly what brought me here in the first place. Could it be a modified Tegra X1 then? |
Mostly due to the lower clocks, more aggressive binning and lower voltages.
The chip itself isn't modified, not architecturally, but it's clocks and volts do deviate from the typical Tegra X1 standard.
| GhaudePhaede010 said: This guy really seems to know what he is talking about... especially in the comments section. Is it possible that the SOC for Switch is really X2? I found it interesting although it makes little difference to me. Really, this was about the fact that I did not see that anybody else had posted this video or discussed the possibility of the console having the X2
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It's not possible. It's wishful thinking that it's anything other than the X1.
I think the reason people desire for it to be the X2 is so that the Switch doesn't seem like it's using old and outdated technology.
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