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Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with Switch

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288 points ashitlerferad | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 14:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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Macha ◴[06 Nov 24 15:45 UTC] No.42064052[source]▶
Huh, I'd been assuming the Switch 2 would be AMD Z2 based. I guess they've managed to convince nVidia to make them another SoC. A little surprised, would have thought nVidia would want to use any spare fab time for AI chips, though maybe they have some older process capacity?
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1. vvillena ◴[06 Nov 24 16:48 UTC] No.42065083[source]▶
The Switch SoC is now built on a 16nm process, so there's no need to go for the cutting edge to achieve a sizable improvement. The Samsung fabs Nvidia relied on until very recently could do the job.