Nvidia CEO Praises Custom Chip Innovations: Nintendo Switch 2 Boasts Unmatched Mobile Graphics

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So, there I was, minding my own business, when Nvidia’s big guy, Jensen Huang, starts making waves about this Nintendo Switch 2. He’s chatting up this processor like it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. You know, the usual techy mumbo jumbo about “performance, intelligence, and beauty in your hand,” kinda sounds like he’s pitching the latest smartphone, am I right?

Anyway, the guy showed up on some special doohickey of Nintendo’s Creator’s Voice series. It’s not every day you see Nintendo getting all chummy with someone else over their gadgets.

He’s gushing over this fancy Nvidia chip that’s supposed to deliver like, I dunno, a gazillion times better graphics or something? Full ray-tracing, dynamic whatevers — basically, it’s got all the bells and whistles to dazzle your eyeballs. And, oh, backward compatibility too. Can’t forget that.

Okay, pause — so, Nintendo’s folks already spilled the beans on using DLSS, right? But Nvidia’s being all mysterious about specs. They just tossed out some buzzwords like RT cores and said, “Hey! This new chip? It’s 10 times better than the old Switch.” Phew! We’ll see about that, huh? And there’s something about dedicated AI processors… making games pop or something. Sounds cool.

Then, I read somewhere — Digital Foundry, was it? — they dug up some dirt on the thing’s guts: eight ARM Cortex A78C cores, an older Ampere GPU (not the latest but, eh, it works), and 12GB of zippy LPDDR5X memory. And don’t even get me started on storage — it’s got 256GB inside and room for more. So, if you hoard games, no worries.

The whole video they did? I kinda drifted, but it was mostly nostalgia trips about the first Switch and Satoru Iwata, who was the brains behind it all before he sadly passed. Touching stuff, really.

Oh, right! The new Switch drops at $449.99. And if you’re a Mario Kart junkie, there’s a bundle for $499.99. But only if you’re quick. Those pre-orders went faster than a kid with a sugar rush. Might wanna saunter over to a store on launch day if you missed out.

By the way, if you’re into this tech circus, go follow Tom’s Hardware or something. They keep up with all this new-fangled gadgetry way better than I do.

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There you have it. Good luck with the AI detectors!