| Miyamotoo said: Sharper, cleaner UI elements does not same effect on 6.2" screen compared to TV, and again Nintendo wouldn't that in any case, even eShop in docked mode is running at 720p. |
Again. You simply arn't getting it and keep missing the point. That is the 3rd time now. - It would if the screen was larger and higher resolution.
| Miyamotoo said: Of Course I understand that, but that wouldn't change fact GPU would need to run at higher clock and that again means lower battery life despite less power hungry screen. |
Again. You simply are not getting it. Again.
If the screen is using less power, then the GPU would be allowed to use more power. They would cancel each other out. - Please re-read that line multiple times before replying.
Thus the device would use roughly the same amount of power as it does now, giving you a larger, higher resolution, higher quality screen, more performance for better graphics... With identical battery life.
| Miyamotoo said: Of Course that yields and production capacity it could easily be an issue for Switch where was in production. |
Not really. These are tiny chips and you can fit a ton of these chips on a wafer. And because the chips are relatively small, you get higher yields. Physics. Isn't it an amazing thing?
| Miyamotoo said: Chips exist but most likly they couldnt be done on time for Switch (fully tested with huge stock already produced), Nintendo couldn't wait last minute for X2 chips, like I wrote: you need to have chip totally ready, tested with good yield,with good strong production capacity for new chip, and already produced millions of chips months before mass production of Switch itelf starts. |
Nintendo wouldn't have been waiting last minute.
What part of... "Tegra X2 Demonstrated in January 2016" and "Switch launches in March 2017" is last minute? Not to mention there was working silicon in 2015, that wasn't production level ready.
But don't take my word for it.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9902/nvidia-discloses-2016-tegra
Hotchips 2016:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10596/hot-chips-2016-nvidia-discloses-tegra-parker-details
These aren't custom chips Nintendo is buying. Once a chip has been taped out the design is pretty much done. That was over a year ago, nVidia just doesn't have any buyers. No buyers, no selling, no manufacturing.
Tegra Xavier will start sampling in Q4 2017. What that means is there will not be any consumer tablets, phones, boxes of any kind that used the Pascal/Tegra X2 chip... Because, nVidia didn't get any contracts or design wins.
Again, some linkage:
http://wccftech.com/nvidia-xavier-soc-tegra-volta-gpu-announced/
Tegra X2/Parker was being designed as far back as 2013. Is 4 years enough time? ;)
Evidence:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/19/nvidia_tegra_logan_and_parker/
http://wccftech.com/nvidia-tegra-roadmap-updated-tegra-6-parker-soc-feature-maxwell-gpu-project-denver/
But this ignores the fact that there were Tegra X2/Parker/Pascal based chips in October 2016 in all Tesla powered vehicles. So mass-production would have started a long time earlier.
| Miyamotoo said: Also you need to consider that even X2 chips could be done on time, they would have much higer price than X1 chips and automaticly means higher price point for Switch. Because new 16nm chip production for X2 would have much higher price than price Nvidia gave Nintendo for X1 chips, there are infos that Nvidia had huge stocks of X1 chips and they gave Nintendo great price and offer to use them. |
Cost isn't my problem. I am a consumer. I want more at a lower price. And so should you.
A business isn't going to send you flowers and cake because you bought their product, you don't owe them anything.
Nor do we actually know the costing anyway.
Also 16nm isn't "new". It's based on 20nm.
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