| hinch said: I can see the Switch 2 (in terms of power) ending in the way of how the Switch is positioned currently, and what porting situation is going to be like. Going by Nintendo's previous choices in SoC's. They'll choose an existing off the shelf product and work around that. And assuming that dev kits have been rolling out since last year and rumors are true.. the latest SoC I see Nintendo building upon for the next console is going to be based on Nvidia's Tegra - Xavier. Which is Volta based architecture. This architecture is two generation behind current gen and in a SoC similar envelope (10-15W) would most likely place this below a Steam Deck. Even if we consider Nintendo requesting the new custom silicon to be built using the latest node by TSMC/Samsung. So much closer to the last generation consoles than the newer ones in capability and raw compute. |
First Gen Switch has a Tegra X1, a recycled 2015 Chip released 2 years later for Switch. Xavier is a 2019 chip (3 years old now), Because of Switch Success, longetivity and Orin chip (Next Gen) announced on March 2018, I can see Switch 2 using at least a custom Orin Chip. I can see them working closer with Nvidia for the best options, maybe we can even get 10GB of Ram, 8GB + 2 GB like Series S... Maybe haha.
