Well Nvidia just announced recently that their next-gen Ampere chips are getting 50% more performance at 50% less wattage on 7nm+ over the 12nm Turing cards. So a theoretical Switch 2 or Pro with 3Tflops at 30 watts or less (docked) isn't completely out of the picture. Of course in handheld it would throttle clock cycles down to stay under 8 watts of total system power, but games would still look better in portable mode than XboxOne I would guess.
A list I would like to see:
: 4-6 cortex A76 cores
: Nvidia custom gpu 3TF docked/ 1TF handheld (30watts or less docked/6 watts system total in portable)
: 128-256GB ssd (for OS, games and RAM caching)
: 8GB of Lpddr4x or Lpddr5 RAM (68GB/s memory bandwidth @128bit) or 136GB/s @256bit if feasible
: faster and larger hybrid flash(Game cards)
: Bluetooth 5.0
: Sharp 1080p IGZO screen
: JoyCons 2.0
Question is could Nintendo get all of this in the package for $400
Sony and Microsoft will focus on 4k games with their next systems, but Nintendo could do well with these specs by focusing on 1080p and 1440p resolutions. If they can get the higher memory bandwidth along with faster Game cards, that maybe the more cost saving maneuver than including an SSD if they don't have to.
Article on Microsoft SQ1 processor
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-SQ1-SoC.436918.0.html
Article on Ampere gains over Turing
Last edited by Ck1x - on 04 January 2020
