| Soundwave said: I have my doubts about this, going to Lovelace would've required a significantly more expensive node process. It looks like they adapted things from Lovelace as is as the x-ray shots of the chip have commonalities with Lovelace, but they likely got a significantly better deal from Samsung. |
It would cost more, but not "significantly" more. Lovelace is a generation old in 2025 and TSMC 5N is starting to age as well.
+$20 per die sounds about right, especially given the higher yields, and then add another $15-$20 for the extra 4GB of ram.
Nintendo could still make a slight profit, especially considering that the Switch 2 already seems to cost only about $350 to manufacture and the $450 price-point seems to be a tariff buffer.
The cost of a Lovelace chip in 2025 is probably very similar to their Ampere chip in early-mid 2024, which seems to be the original projected release window.
Last edited by sc94597 - on 14 July 2025
