captainslowonthego t1_jdi3a19 wrote
A Switch is much larger and therefore much easier to cool than a smartphone. Therefore it doesn't really require an expensive, high-end smartphone chipset. The Nvidia Tegra is a different story and not really comparable to the modern Snapdragons.
I also believe Nintendo will switch to AMD for a cheaper, smaller chipset, but still actively cooled. They don't need to compete with Sony and Microsoft hardware wise, but the Switch definitely needs a jump in performance which should be doable cheaply that way. And a chipset like this will still be better and cheaper than a Snapdragon.
Honest-Word-7890 OP t1_jdi5n9o wrote
Wel, eventually it will not need to throttle down like phones. AMD has no expertize with ARM. nVidia also said in the past that the deal with Nintendo would have been 20 years long. Snapdragon it's really strong, like a top-end Intel mobile offering, in the GPU side.
captainslowonthego t1_jdi8fh5 wrote
Good point. It's certain that the technology and market are changing rapidly at the moment. Didn't know about the 20 year deal, that would mean that a Tegra 2 or maybe a further development is almost a certainty.
If you see at what for example Apple is currently doing with it's M1 and M2 chips a lot is possible now that was never expected to be before.
Honest-Word-7890 OP t1_jdi8yyg wrote
Yes. nVidia do privide also software tools that Qualcomm or others have not in their portfolio. I suppose it will be a new consumer Tegra (X3?).
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