In the photo of the Nintendo Switch 2 motherboard, you can spot nearly all the components, including an NVIDIA processor that still remains a bit of a mystery.
Rumor has it, Switch 2 is set to feature an NVIDIA Ampere chip (as opposed to the somewhat outdated Maxwell). It’s not the newest family on the block, but it promises some upgrades. Apparently, we’re talking about the NVIDIA Tegra T239 chip, which boasts up to 1536 CUDA cores. Right now, you can check out the processor, but the labels remain unclear and partly hidden.
Initially, NVIDIA planned the T239 processor on Samsung’s 8-nm process, but the chip is most likely built on a 5-nm process. It’s a three-tier hybrid processor, consisting of one Arm Cortex X1 HP core, three Cortex A78 P cores, and four Cortex A55 E cores, along with an Arm DynamIQ hardware scheduler. The integrated GPU T239 is based on the Ampere graphics architecture. The console will have 12 GB of LPDDR5X-7500 memory and a 256 GB UFS 3.1 flash storage.
The board itself has different markings compared to prototypes seen earlier. Probably, it’s about the final or a close-to-final version. This leak seems to match up with previous ones, including a photo of a Switch 2 mock-up with a printed circuit board without electrical components (the last photo). Now, all components are already placed on the motherboard.
It’s important to note that console prototypes are usually not physically similar to the final product. They are created for testing by software developers and gamers. A significant number of Switch 2 leaks lately at least indicates that something is going on. Various sources say that the console is supposed to launch this quarter, and some speculate it could happen as soon as this month.
Sources: VideoCardz, TechPowerUp
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