When will an improved switch-hardware be released ?

[Bofferbrauer2]

Miyamotoo said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:
I'd say 2021

With the hardware flaws in the Tegra chips I'm sure Nintendo asks NVidia to iron these out first, and as a result should recieve a true custom Tegra chip

My expectation is somewhere around this:

TSMC 7nm process (Nintendo tends to use an older, proven process and hardware, by that time 7nm and what I write below hopefully fits that bill to them)
4-6 Cortex A75 CPU @ 1.5-1.7 Ghz
384 Turing Cuda Cores @400 (Handheld)-800Ghz (Docked) or 256 Pascal Cuda Cores @600-1200Ghz
8GB LPDDR4-2666, 128bit connection (the LP variant isn't specified higher than that, sadly)
128GB Flash Memory
5000-6000 mAh internal battery

In 7nm, a configuration close to that should get close to XBO S power in docked mode and slightly more powerful in handheld mode than the docked mode now without consuming more, and the stronger battery allows for longer game sessions in handheld mode.

You still think about 2021!? :D

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=237891&page=1#

 

2021. was way too late even before this rumour, buy 2021. we will have several Switch difrent type revision, for instance Switch Mini/Pocket and Switch Pro.

I know about the report, but a) It's the Wall Street Journal, who has been very wrong in the past when talking about videogame industry, and b) because I don't expect that to have upgraded processing power.

@bolded: for a mini, pro or pocket Switch, all need the same upgrade, otherwise the mini/pocket models run out of power after just one hour of gaming. In fact, those will probably come with the "pro" hardware, but clocked down to "base" processing capabilities to save additional power for them to be able several hours on less battery.

Sure, an Tegra X2 could do the trick, but considering the inherent massive flaws in the chips (just google Spectre and Meltdown) I'm damn sure Nintendo will want new hardware with those flaws eliminated, something that takes a lot of time to implement. Late 2020 is therefore the earliest possible unless Nintendo really accepts the X2 "as is" for a Switch hardware upgrade