Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, a guy who’s basically always in the thick of tech hype, is jazzed up about the Nintendo Switch 2’s processor. I mean, of course he says it’s all about “performance, intelligence, and beauty.” Isn’t it always those three? Anyway, so this whole thing dropped on June 5. He showed up in Nintendo’s “Creator’s Voice,” which is kind of like catching a celebrity cameo in a place you didn’t expect. And why was he there? No clue, maybe to sprinkle some extra tech magic dust.
Anyway, where was I? Yeah, so he was chatting about this mysterious Nvidia chip. He claims it’s packing some serious firepower—”most advanced graphics ever,” he says. Have you ever heard that before? Probably. He’s talking about fancy stuff like ray-tracing and high dynamic range. It’s like tech folks’ go-to brag sheet. Apparently, it even chats with your old games. So if you have a pile of dusty cartridges, well, they might just live again.
Nintendo already spilled the beans on some DLSS tech, whatever that means—I won’t pretend to understand everything. Nvidia, being all secretive, opted not to drown us in specifics. Though, they did toss out there that this chip has “10x the graphics performance” of the last Switch, and AI doohickeys for making gameplay sharper or something. Which sounds cool, if not a tad typical.
And not to leave anything out, some spec nerds—Digital Foundry, in May—dropped specs: Like eight ARM Cortex A78C cores. No idea what that means in human talk. It’s got some retro Nvidia Ampere GPU juju mixed in too. And ram? Sure, let’s throw 12GB of that in the mix. Memory bits buzzing at 128. Numbers and letters, really.
Now, here’s something practical: 256GB storage. Plus, a microSD thingy can boost that to 2TB. I felt a thrill just writing that.
Okay, side note, the video chat is a love letter to Nvidia’s role in the OG Switch’s creation. It’s also a nod to the late Satoru Iwata, who was with Nintendo back when. Respect.
Price-wise, set aside $449.99 once this thing hits on Thursday. But if you’re a Mario Kart junkie, a $499.99 bundle could be calling your name.
And oh, probs worth a mention, Tom’s Hardware—seems like the go-to for real-time console gossip. Tap that Follow button, I guess, if that’s your jam.
