New nintendo switch processor crack#

The original Nintendo Switch was launched in early 2017 and featured the aforementioned Tegra X1 from Nvidia, which was unveiled in the second quarter of 2015. However, this chaos allows for a calm reminder of the more probable choices for the Nintendo Switch 2 processor, with the mostly unknown T239 still basically a frontrunner. It’s also likely that even a trimmed variant of the vehicular automation chip would be way too powerful and costly for Nintendo to consider for a next-gen Switch. The expected arrival date for Thor is 2025, and it is very likely that the Switch 2 will already be available by then (rumored: 2023-24). A few optimistic fans have jumped onto the idea that this could mean a cut-down Thor-series chip might turn up in the Switch 2, with its advanced graphics architecture (Lovelace) bringing up to four times the GPU performance of an Orin-series Ampere-based rival.

However, Atlan was canceled in 2022 to be replaced by Thor, so it’s hardly a current situation to report. Confusingly, the source talks about Nvidia moving from Atlan to Thor, which purportedly had some effect on the Nintendo console processor's progress. This time around, Connor reckoned that there were plans for a 5LPP (5nm Low Power Plus) manufacturing process for the Switch 2’s SoC, but now they have been dropped. But the same source rapidly snatched this dream away with a rather confusing follow-up post. This would mean Samsung Foundries would be in charge of production, with this potential Switch 2 chip blowing the original Switch’s 20-nm Tegra X1 out of the water in terms of efficiency and performance. First up, Connor ( got Nintendo Switch fans hot under the collar by claiming that the Nvidia Tegra chip for the Switch 2 would be “manufactured from 5LPP”.

New nintendo switch processor crack#

A tipster normally known for their smartphone-related output has had a crack at leaking some console-related details that have on the surface backfired.