Pemalite said:
Conina said:
"Not a massive overhaul" doesn't mean that the price is similar. As you say yourself, Tegra X1 wasn't/isn't very popular for smartphones and tablets. So Nvidia was very interested to get a buyers for these SoCs to clear their stock. They probably made Nintendo a good deal for the TX1-SoCs.
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That is an assertion.
We don't know if nVidia had any surplus stock.
But we do know they are fabricating more chips to meet Nintendo's needs.
Conina said:
Yeah, they refocused their Tegra efforts on the much more profitable specialized car market. Car manufacturers don't have any problems to pay much higher prices for these SoCs... they multiply these costs for their customers anyways and make lots of profits from these "extras".
If Nintendo had said in 2015 (when they were planning the Switch) or in 2016 (when they were manufacturing the Switch) "We want the Tegra X2 instead of the Tegra X1", Nvidias first answer would have been "We are not offering the TX2 for these small form factors, they go in cars and we have more than enough orders for them." If Nintendo insisted, the second answer would have been: "Sure, if you pay as much for them as the car manufacturers. But for the Tegra X1 we can make you a much better price."
Again, you have no proof whatsoever that the price difference for Nintendo would only have been "minimal".
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And you have no proof for any of that either.
From a fabrication standpoint, The Tegra Pascal would be cheaper to manufacture, that's a blatant fact.
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Except Nvidia won't work on your ps4 portable
