Global Hardware 8 December 2018 (Smash Week)

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zorg1000 said:

Intrinsic said:

I also believe there will be no "Switch Pro". 

At least not t the effect some seem t think there will be. 

There will however be a revision, maybe that comes this year or next but it will come. and these are what I think it will bring with it.

 

• tegra X1 apu shrunk from 20nm to maybe 14nm/12nm
• size reduction from above results in a fanless unit.
• size reduction also means the apu can be upclocked by abut 10-20% giving "better performance"
• lower power draw as a result of smaller fab apu means longer battery life while using the same battery size.
• possibly larger 1W display but maintaining the same physical footprint. So smaller bezels.
• larger internal flash drive.

Thats it. Those changes will make for a meaningful "upgrade" while also managing to bring the price down. More power has never been the primary driving force with regards to nintendo and their hardware. They will instead focus on ways to make it cheaper and easier for them to make. They more not even drop the price f the revised model.

 

Wouldnt it make more sense to just go with the existing Tegra X2 instead of redesigning the Tegra X1?

X2 has the same performance at half the power draw or twice the performance at the same power draw. X2 could be used for both a Lite & Pro revision.

Would be much easier, and comes with the added benefit of having double the RAM bandwith, so any game that got choked there could run better despite same calculating power, and the whole at about 30-50% less power draw compared to the X1.

It would also make a "pro"model easier, as it could literally be the same chip, just clocked faster to reach about the same power draw as the X1 in the OG Switch