Nintendo Switch 2 teardown confirms Nvidia Tegra T239 chip, SK Hynix memory, more details

Nintendo Switch 2 teardown confirms Nvidia Tegra T239 chip, SK Hynix memory, more details

The teardown was performed by YouTuber and X user @KurnalSalts, known for his deep dive videos on Arm chips used in smartphones, laptops, AR headsets, and other gadgets. According to his since-deleted post, the Switch 2 is powered by Nvidia's Tegra T239 SoC, which comes with an Arm Cortex X1...Read Entire Article

A partial the-shot of the Custom SoC of Nintendo Switch 2 now confirms what has been an open secret for a long time. The hybrid game console relies on a Nvidia Tegra T239 ("Orin") with ampere graphics unit.

It would seem that the mystery around the hardware part of Switch 2 becomes clearer. Finally, yes and no, because technically, we already knew what we knew. And so the new Nintendo console has the right to a NVIDIA SoC, with a Tegra 239. A platform that operates an 8-core Arm Cortex-A78C processor and an Ampere chip in 1536 Cuda Cores, hence the management of Ray Tracing and DLSS. We would also have 12 GB of LPDDR5X memory in 7500 Mt/s, 256 GB o…

So, now it's out. After rumors about NVIDIA's Tegra 239 and its use in Nintendo's Switch successor had almost died down, the internet finally provides photo evidence. On the silicon: "T239." Surprise? Not really. Confirmation? Absolutely. With this, Nintendo remains loyal to its long-time partner NVIDIA and continues to rely on custom-built ARM SoCs – this time [...] Source

Just weeks before its launch, the Nintendo Switch 2 has been revealed through a photo of its circuit board. The surprise? An Nvidia SoC that's disproportionately large by today's standards. [Read more]Did you know? Google News lets you choose your media. Don't miss Frandroid and Numerama.

Thanks to the latest leaks, it can already be confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 will use the SoC NVIDIA T239. This leak comes from very low quality images. Which show us several parts of the console, such as the PCB, the SoC, RAM memory chips, storage, or responsible for wireless connectivity. As indicated, these images were captured from a future video that would see the light later this week. This information is that it was a surprise. We h…