zeldaring said:
haxxiy said:
Because you'd save power. Most hardware runs at just a fraction of how efficient they can be because they're placed far, far above the optimal point in the voltage vs. frequency curve. Besides, again, the older node would be cheaper even with a larger chip, and the frequencies would be higher than that.
What, you think Nintendo would take in the cost of the die shrink just so it can run at a higher frequency? Just so they could have better graphics?
Reminder this is the same company that released the Wii U in 2012 with a ~ 1997 architecture CPU, and underclocked a 15W Tegra by 65% to be 20 times slower than a GTX 1060 with the undocked mode Switch.
All of that being said... I do think the console can be 5/4 nm as I said before, and I hope it is. It's just that a lot of people here are fuming and screaming at the mere thought of it and it definitely there's a universe it could.
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Yup same company that released the wii and wiiu, one was a GC repackaged with some upgrades hardware wise and the other could not even run most ports better then 360. Then you have the most reliable leaker saying it's 8nm and sounding sure about it and now 8 inch screen rumor and i would say it's 90% gonna be 8nm chip.
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Furukawa was president of Nintendo back in 2005? I must have missed that. Their management is completely different, their market position is also different, their market needs are also different. In early 2017 they released a portable with one of the most powerful portable chipsets available at the time (Tegra X1 was comparable at to an Apple A9X in $700 iPad Pros).
Last edited by Soundwave - on 11 February 2024
