New Nintendo Switch with Better Screen Coming in 2019 (Report)

[MikeAndronico]

According to a new report, Nintendo could launch an improved Switch console in 2019.

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[bugnguts]

How I would love it if Nintendo chose to upgrade hardware say from the 20nm Tegra X1 based on Maxwell to a 12nm FinFet Xavier based Volta. More efficient architecture on a more efficient node. Nintendo could produce a 1080p switch with a longer battery life. Yes I like that a lot.

 

[gggplaya]

They need to enable the bluetooth for headphones and possibly mic.

 

[valeman2012]

[quotemsg=21374497,0,270726]How I would love it if Nintendo chose to upgrade hardware say from the 20nm Tegra X1 based on Maxwell to a 12nm FinFet Xavier based Volta. More efficient architecture on a more efficient node. Nintendo could produce a 1080p switch with a longer battery life. Yes I like that a lot.[/quotemsg]
They not going use new tech, they always use cheap alternatives like using old hardware.

 

[Giroro]

Sometimes new tech IS the cheap alternative, when the old parts are no longer being manufactured in large volumes. That is why Nintendo usually has so many minor revisions.
plus, I can't imagine TSMC wants to keep their 20nm fab open for very much longer when they could be upgrading it to a more in-demand process.

 

[valeman2012]

[quotemsg=21375647,0,1886042]Sometimes new tech IS the cheap alternative, when the old parts are no longer being manufactured in large volumes. That is why Nintendo usually has so many minor revisions.
plus, I can't imagine TSMC wants to keep their 20nm fab open for very much longer when they could be upgrading it to a more in-demand process.[/quotemsg]

As a result, doing cheap cost cutting way resulted in easily broken products.

 

[bit_user]

[quotemsg=21374497,0,270726]How I would love it if Nintendo chose to upgrade hardware say from the 20nm Tegra X1 based on Maxwell to a 12nm FinFet Xavier based Volta.[/quotemsg]
Definitely not. Xavier is not made as a normal Tegra SoC. It's big, but most of that compute is for AI. So, it will be a big, expensive chip that's not much faster for things like gaming.

The highest off-the-shelf part they would use is the TX2, which is still a decent upgrade. Of course, it's not impossible that Nintendo got Nvidia to make a custom SoC, like what AMD has been doing for the bigger consoles.

 

[l.r.gardner]

Why would you talk about Nintendo Switch on Tomshardware. PC MASTER RACE. I would NEVER buy a switch. Geeze

 

[bit_user]

[quotemsg=21380657,0,2709225]Why would you talk about Nintendo Switch on Tomshardware. PC MASTER RACE. I would NEVER buy a switch. Geeze[/quotemsg]
Eh, it's nothing new. The site has covered big console news stories for at least the past 5 years.

I don't see what's the big deal. It's just the occasional story - not crowding out anything. Even for PC loyalists, it could be interesting to keep tabs on the "competition" offered by other devices.

 

[cryoburner]

[quotemsg=21375653,0,725497]As a result, doing cheap cost cutting way resulted in easily broken products.[/quotemsg]
Are you referring to Nintendo? Their hardware failure rates have traditionally been a lot lower than the other console manufacturers, so I would hardly say that their products are "easily broken".