Nintendo’s Switch 2 launch will take place tomorrow night, with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang being the main supplier of hybrid consoles, Sing praises Today’s machines and their main processors
“For all of Nvidia, we’ve been working with Nintendo for over a decade, and it’s been attracted by a shared common sense that technology should serve creativity and joy deserves engineering,” Huang said. “I still remember the day when Iwata San shared his dream with us.”
It is touching that with the revolution of AI revolution, its company has risen to a height, and he remembers Nvidia’s roots in the game.
Huang said that former Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has passed away and wants to create something he’s seen before, a powerful enough game console to fit big movies but small enough to take anywhere.
“It sounds impossible, but that vision became the original Nintendo switch. We lost Iwata San before the release, but his clarity, his purpose – still inspired our work,” Huang said. “Every day together, we pour everything into the system. The Nintendo switch has spent over 500 years at NVIDIA. We rethink the entire stack, chip building, OS, API, API, game engine, so the magic can travel with you.”
Huang said, and ended up talking to himself. More than 150 million consoles sold. It’s a global platform that brings families together, empowers independent creators, and redefines what a console might be.
Huang said of Switch 2: “Now, a bold new chapter starts the mission to build a new console that furthers the original vision, so we have to reinvent everything. The chips in the Nintendo Switch 2 are different from anything we have built before.”
The Nintendo Switch 2 has a custom NVIDIA processor T239 with an Ampere-based GPU. It has 1,536 CUDA cores, run in 1GHz (docked) and 561MHz (mobile) with a 128-bit LPDDR5 memory interface. The GPU can deliver 3.07 teraflops in docking mode and 1.71 teraflops in portable use.
The system’s CPU has eight ARM Cortex-A78C cores, 12GB LPDDR5X (128-bit interface), memory bandwidth of 102 GB/s (docked), 68 GB/s (mobile), and 256 GB UFS 3.1 storage. It has enhanced features for AI-driven, DLSS support and RT core for 4K gaming, for 4K gaming in TV mode.
He said it brings together multiple breakthroughs: the most advanced graphics ever found in mobile devices, full hardware ray tracing, high dynamic range, brighter highlights and deeper shadows, and a backward-compatible architecture, dedicated AI processors for real-time enhancement and enhanced animation, as well as real-time enhanced gameplay and super low power.
“We optimized high-performance semiconductor process technology in handheld devices so we can go wherever we can go,” he said. “This chip is a technical miracle. It delivers performance, intelligence and beauty in the palm of your Switch 2 is more than just a new console. It’s worthy of the new chapter of the iWata San’s vision.”
He added: “Congratulations to our friends at Nintendo, we are honored to travel with you. For everyone who loves games, let the fun start. It’s also a proud moment for all of us at NVIDIA.”
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