Jensen Huang on Switch 2's Custom NVIDIA SoC: "Unlike Anything We've Ever Built Before"

[PixelTech]

$449, but it does also come with the dock, HDMI cord, the JoyCon 2s wrist strap things, thing the JoyCons get put into to make a full controller?
Also, I don't think it will be simply just Ampere GPU. It's likely a slightly better custom revisioned Ampere SoC.
NV was also doing this:

where they were releasing more 30 series cards after the first year of cards. And releasing versions w/ more VRAM.

 

[Tomorrow]

(we) had to reinvent everything

Reinvent 8nm Ampere? Reinvent A78 and ARMv8 from 2020?

The most advanced graphics ever in a mobile device

Not when AMD Z2 Extreme exists that is 4nm RDNA 3.5+Zen5.

The chip inside Nintendo Switch 2 is unlike anything we've built before

This might ironically be actually true...

 

[cvaldes]

Backported hardware, very interesting. I wish they'd do this with actual GPUs every once in a while.

It probably only makes sense when there's a forecast for large unit sales. Nintendo will probably sell 100+ million Switch 2 units over the lifetime of the product generation.

The engineering costs are probably too prohibitive for something like a relatively low volume PC GPU.

Another factor is that Switch 2 is a known hardware platform (CPU, memory, display, storage, power, etc.) that is designed for gaming. It's not a general purpose computer.

 

[isvelte]

I'm disappointed, but not surprised that they stuck with Samsung 8nm for the Switch 2's SoC. Hopefully the usual mid-cycle refresh moves on to something better.

And compete with every other consumer electronics on tsmc nodes, haha no. Them sticking with samsung 8nm is the reason you can easily buy one now and get it ship to you soon.

 

[Leooooo1061]

Do people need to be reminded that this is a handheld first device? How much faster is the ps5 pro unplugged sitting on your lap?

Yeah I get it that people like a fast handheld device, but in my opinion the Nintendo Switch 2 is no longer the kind of portable handheld device that Nintendo used to make. For starters, the two joy-cons are basically two optical mouses, and if you want to actually use them you'll have to carry a mouse pad around to avoid grinding them against anything. Also, if you're playing on the couch with your friends(which most of the Nintendo users do), then you've got to have a table of some sort to be actually able to use the mouse control. That's not really convenient, is it? Also, about the performance, the Switch 2 actually lowers the core frequency quite a lot (446 MHz lower) in handheld mode to make the battery last longer, and ONLY when it is docked, which essentially makes it a less powerful PS5, does return to its original frequency.

However, if you think it is worth it, go for it. I'm not judging anyone's opinion. I just think it's not worth the money and I'd rather buy a New 3DS.

 

[JustBenching]

Yeah I get it that people like a fast handheld device, but in my opinion the Nintendo Switch 2 is no longer the kind of portable handheld device that Nintendo used to make. For starters, the two joy-cons are basically two optical mouses, and if you want to actually use them you'll have to carry a mouse pad around to avoid grinding them against anything. Also, if you're playing on the couch with your friends(which most of the Nintendo users do), then you've got to have a table of some sort to be actually able to use the mouse control. That's not really convenient, is it? Also, about the performance, the Switch 2 actually lowers the core frequency quite a lot (446 MHz lower) in handheld mode to make the battery last longer, and ONLY when it is docked, which essentially makes it a less powerful PS5, does return to its original frequency.

However, if you think it is worth it, go for it. I'm not judging anyone's opinion. I just think it's not worth the money and I'd rather buy a New 3DS.

In terms of performance, it's still a handheld. You can't expect it to compete with a desktop console. That's like comparing a steam deck to a desktop PC.