Nvidia CEO Praises Custom Chip for Nintendo Switch 2’s Cutting-Edge Mobile Graphics

Sure thing, let’s dive into this – it’s a bit all over the place, but you know, that’s kinda the point:

So, Nvidia’s big boss, Jensen Huang, just couldn’t hold back about this processor in the Nintendo Switch 2. It feels like he’s saying, “Hey, stick this powerhouse in your pocket,” and come June 5… boom, it’s out there for the world. Not something I usually think about, but here we are.

Jensen’s poppin’ up on Nintendo’s “Creator’s Voice,” and it’s kinda wild to see him break the usual silence about tech specs. Nintendo’s usually all hush-hush, but here he is just chatting on about hardware with partners. What’s up with that?

Anyway, there’s a YouTube thingy where he goes on about how this new Nvidia chip is breaking boundaries—fancy graphics, ray-tracing magic, and it handles old games too. Backward compatibility or whatever.

Now, I know Nintendo folks spilled the beans on DLSS, but Nvidia didn’t get too geeky about specs in their blog. Just dropped some talk on RT cores and said this new piece packs “10x the graphics punch” of the older Switch. And AI processors? They’re supposedly making games look sharper and… I guess more alive? That’s a thing now.

May saw Digital Foundry spill more details: think eight ARM Cortex A78C cores, spinning the ARMv8 64-bit dance, and some kinda GPU from Nvidia’s Ampere lineup (not exactly new, right?). Plus, 12GB total memory — yeah, two 6GB LPDDR5X modules working on a 128-bit interface, if you’re into that sort of thing.

256GB of UFS storage, and don’t forget a microSD slot for adding up to 2TB. Do I need that much space? Maybe?

Jensen also gave a nod to Nvidia’s role in the OG Switch and gave a shoutout to Satoru Iwata, a late Nintendo legend. It got kinda sentimental for a sec.

Price-wise, the Switch 2’s hitting shelves at $449.99. Want it with Mario Kart World? That’s $499.99. And apparently, pre-orders went poof real quick. But hey, check your local store on launch day.

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Weird how a processor can bring out all these mixed vibes, but anyway, there ya go.