All is confirmed the Nintendo Switch is powered by stock Nvidia Tegra X1, same chipset used in Shield TV. The most surprising is the retention of 4 Cortex A53 processor cores, which have no use in the Nintendo switch as they can't be operated at the same time when Cortex A57 cores are running due to the ARM big.little configuration setup.

After subsequent processing of the GPU from the Nintendo Switch, we have determined that the processor is the Nvidia Tegra T210. The T210 CPU features 4 Cortex A57 and 4 Cortex A53 processor cores and the GPU is a GM20B Maxell core.

http://techinsights.com/about-techinsights/overview/blog/nintendo-switch-teardown/

Nvidia Tegra X1 features

• 8 core CPU (4 x Cortex A57 and 4 x Cortex A53)
• GPU is a GM20B Maxell core

A comparison to Shield TV. Switch specs on the left, and Shield TV on the right. The clock speeds are reported from Eurogamer, which are very much true.

• RAM: 4GB vs 3GB
• CPU: 1Ghz vs. 2Ghz
• GPU: 3 modes:307.2Mhz/384Mhz/768Mhz vs 1Ghz

Shield TV is clocked higher initially in both CPU and GPU, but don't forget Shield TV can't keep these clock speeds up for long, it throttles down to the exact switch's dock clockspeeds. Which further supports a stock X1.

 

[the_randomizer]

Hope that Nintendo will try to help this system live? Pessimism is fun and all but this is just ridonkulous. Jeez foxy

What? I'm talking about the VC emulators, they were shoddy on the Wii U, I just don't want the accuracy to suck, is that too much to hope for? *sigh*

Porting Dolphin over is a difficult task. The Dolphin devs don't consider the Android port a priority, hence why it runs so poorly. And Android has a much larger userbase than Switch. Taking this into account, it's unlikely there will be a Switch port at all.

If Nintendo wanted to port it, I'm sure they'd send a C&D to Dolphin to tell them to stop working on it, ruining the project. I'd rather Nintendo actually put forth their own effort for once.

 

[Kioku]

What? I'm talking about the VC emulators, they were shoddy on the Wii U, I just don't want the accuracy to suck, is that too much to hope for? *sigh*

Here's hoping that they're not. Oo

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Porting Dolphin over is a difficult task. The Dolphin devs don't consider the Android port a priority, hence why it runs so poorly. And Android has a much larger userbase than Switch. Taking this into account, it's unlikely there will be a Switch port at all.

This is also true. Kind of sad, really. Hm.

 

[Benja81]

Porting Dolphin over is a difficult task. The Dolphin devs don't consider the Android port a priority, hence why it runs so poorly. And Android has a much larger userbase than Switch. Taking this into account, it's unlikely there will be a Switch port at all.

90% of the Android devices out there wouldn't be able to run even a polished port very well. Maybe that's why they consider it not worth it.

 

[Deleted member 388531]

90% of the Android devices out there wouldn't be able to run even a polished port very well. Maybe that's why they consider it not worth it.

Shield user here,sonic heroes runs perfectly,even managed to beat the first boss with it.

 

[Benja81]

Shield user here,sonic heroes runs perfectly,even managed to beat the first boss with it.

You are part of the 10% I was thinking more of phones and standard tablets. Some of them have the CPU but not the GPU capabilities.

 

[Deleted member 388531]

You are part of the 10% I was thinking more of phones and standard tablets. Some of them have the CPU but not the GPU capabilities.

Actually it's one of the few games that runs at full speed.

 

[Benja81]

Actually it's one of the few games that runs at full speed.

It hasn't been optimized.

 

[Thirty3Three]

You can get the Dolphin emulator basically running on anything, but whether you can get it running above slide show level is another question.

False mate. You can't get it running on "anything". And this thing can handle it well, I'm sure. Especially via Nintendo's work.

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Shield user here,sonic heroes runs perfectly,even managed to beat the first boss with it.

off-topic, but I just wanted to tell you that your profile picture gives me a sense of nostalgia coupled with fear and insecurity, as well as contemplation of the meaning of life. Carry on.

 

[Mr. Wizard]

What? I'm talking about the VC emulators, they were shoddy on the Wii U, I just don't want the accuracy to suck, is that too much to hope for? *sigh*


If Nintendo wanted to port it, I'm sure they'd send a C&D to Dolphin to tell them to stop working on it, ruining the project. I'd rather Nintendo actually put forth their own effort for once.

As long as Dolphin doesn't use any proprietary code from Nintendo there is nothing Nintendo can do to stop them. (a la the IBM PC clone wars of the '80s)

 

[the_randomizer]

As long as Dolphin doesn't use any proprietary code from Nintendo there is nothing Nintendo can do to stop them. (a la the IBM PC clone wars of the '80s)

Emulators are legal under US supreme court rulings (Sony v. Connectix) as long as they don't, but they are reverse-engineered and a derivative work, but I don't want Nintendo ruining Dolphin like Sega ruining Jenesis DS and using it as a base
for their emulator on those Steam Genesis Collections *shudder*

 

[Deleted member 388531]

Emulators are legal under US supreme court rulings (Sony v. Connectix) as long as they don't, but they are reverse-engineered and a derivative work, but I don't want Nintendo ruining Dolphin like Sega ruining Jenesis DS and using it as a base
for their emulator on those Steam Genesis Collections *shudder*

Remember the days of Bleem?

off-topic, but I just wanted to tell you that your profile picture gives me a sense of nostalgia coupled with fear and insecurity, as well as contemplation of the meaning of life. Carry on.

Haha thanks! Got it on vinesauce once when I stretched marios face.

 

[LightyKD]

I'm gonna say this. Either

Nintendo OS is ported to Shield TV for dual booting

Or

Android is ported to Switch for dual booting.

I'll buy the one that gets dual booting first!

 

[WiiUBricker]

False mate. You can't get it running on "anything". And this thing can handle it well, I'm sure. Especially via Nintendo's work.

I didn't say you can get it running on anything. I said you can get it running on basically anything.

 

[Thirty3Three]

I didn't say you can get it running on anything. I said you can get it running on basically anything.

That's still wrong though friend.

 

[MaskedMarvel]

If they used the X2, what would they use in the New Switch?

 

[Mr. Wizard]

Pretty sure it's impossible to design a system that utilizes current technology, because by the time the unit gets from the drawing board to manufacturing the "current" technology it uses is already a couple years behind. You cannot design a system that will utilize technology from 2 years in the future that doesn't even exist yet.

Now I am not saying that it is impossible but at this point in time it's highly impractical unless you want to pay a fortune for the product.

 

[linuxares]

If they used the X2, what would they use in the New Switch?

P1? Since it's the latest chip at the moment and gets replaced in 2018.

 

[TheCyberQuake]

If they used the X2, what would they use in the New Switch?

I'm doubtful the x2 will be in any portable device in the near future. Only reason is battery technology isn't currently good enough to keep a chip that powerful running for very long. In fact using the x1 is what I believe to be the main reason battery life isn't terribly long on the switch. You can't fit a much larger capacity battery in the switch either. If you slap the x2 in there you can say goodbye to battery life.

 

[linuxares]

Hmm the X2 isn't that huge of a difference. Volta probably will make a bigger impact.

 

[TheCyberQuake]

Hmm the X2 isn't that huge of a difference. Volta probably will make a bigger impact.

iirc the x2 is quite a bit more of a power hog compared to the x1