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haxxiy on 03 January 2019
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Intrinsic said:
Amnesia said:

I don't want to debate this, I disagree with your way of defining the "Pro" thing.

Or let me call it rather "mid gen refresh" instead of "Pro".

 

I was asking for a solid element which can tell us that we can expect the "Switch Pro" in 2019.

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.

 

These are just about the same nodes in terms of size and power consumption, though. In fact 14 - 12 nm is larger, but with FinFets. Any meaninful die shrink would be 10 nm or 7 nm, and possibly the former since Nintendo hasn't ever woven a relatively novel die shrink into their consoles. That is, if they do it at all, none of their home consoles has ever gotten a meaningful hardware revision since the 1997 SNES I think? Though of course handheld is another story entirely.