RUMOR: Nintendo Switch 2 leaked factory images/specs/renders

[haxxiy]

sc94597 said:

The rumored modules are 64-bit. 

https://www.micron.com/products/memory/dram-components/lpddr5/part-catalog/part-detail/mt62f768m64d4ek-026-wt-b

It's just a question of nomenclature.

Soldered LPDDR5s modules with 64-bits have half the speed of 32-bit ones (which themselves are double 16-bit width channels, actually). The RAM remains at the frequency indicated as 32 bits, but the communication bus is twice as large but half as fast.

It's quite unlikely the Switch 2 CPU could even handle the parallel data lines from 64-bit DRAM SO-DIMMs at these data rates, anyway.

Edit - but as I mentioned before, this is based on what the prototype looks like and its two modules, the final product might be different or have a custom memory controller, who knows.

Last edited by haxxiy - on 23 September 2024