Enlarge / What’s inside the Switch? We recap what we know and what we can guess. (credit: Nintendo)
The first trailer for Nintendo’s Switch console told us a lot about the console’s central gimmick but almost nothing about the details. How big is it? How powerful is it? How long will its battery last? What will it cost? What accessories come bundled, and which will be aftermarket add-ons?
We don’t have definitive answers to any of those questions, but if you take all the available information, you can make some reasonably confident guesses. So while Nintendo has six more months to give us additional information about the Switch, here’s everything we know (and can guess) about the stuff inside the console/portable hybrid for now.
Nvidia’s Tegra chip and graphics performance
The new console uses a “custom Tegra processor” from Nvidia, confirming months of rumors. Nvidia has declined to give us the chip’s name or provide any specs, but many rumors point to it being either a “Tegra X2” or a very close relative. (Also worth noting: Digital Foundry claims devkits are running a slightly older Tegra X1.)
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Source: Ars Technica – What we know (and what we can guess) about Nintendo Switch’s insides