Could the Switch run a (N)3DS emulator in the future?

[lAkdaOpeKA]

Nvidia tegra is an arm cpu ...
And 3DS is arm not 32 bit like @GerbilSoft suggested

"32 bit" and "64 bit" aren't the same thing as x86 and x64 (aka Intel and AMD CPUs). ARM can be 32 or 64 bit. And the Switch is ARM64:

 

[GerbilSoft]

Nvidia tegra is an arm cpu ...
And 3DS is arm not 32 bit like @GerbilSoft suggested

...3DS's primary CPU is in fact a 32-bit ARM11 (ARMv6 MPCore). The architecture is ARMv6; "32-bit" is shorthand for the fact that it uses 32-bit addressing.

https://3dbrew.org/wiki/Hardware

 

[lAkdaOpeKA]

...3DS's primary CPU is in fact a 32-bit ARM11 (ARMv6 MPCore). What did you think it was?

https://3dbrew.org/wiki/Hardware

Apparently, it's really hard to understand the difference between "x86/x64" and "32 bit/64 bit". Many, MANY people do this.

 

[GerbilSoft]

Apparently, it's really hard to understand the difference between "x86/x64" and "32 bit/64 bit". Many, MANY people do this.

I blame Microsoft. :V

Fun fact: The first 64-bit Windows wasn't for amd64; it was for Itanium. (And Itanium sucked.)

 

[Alkéryn]

Apparently, it's really hard to understand the difference between "x86/x64" and "32 bit/64 bit". Many, MANY people do this.

No i don't have issue seing the difference between 32 /64 and x86/x64 bit and yes microsoft x86 = 32 naming was dumb
I just didn't knew the 3ds was using ARMv6
I am the one to blame since i should have informed myself a bit more before posting
but usually when people say 64 bit they mean intel / amd 's x86/x64 bit and i though he was speaking about this one which would have had been wrong
He should have mention arm 32 /64 bit cpu
and due to me being tired i red an x in this so sorry

 

[Subtle Demise]

No i don't have issue seing the difference between 32 /64 and x86/x64 bit and yes microsoft x86 = 32 naming was dumb

It wasn't Microsoft who came up with the name, and x86 can include 16, 32, and 64-bit processors:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86

 

[Alkéryn]

It wasn't Microsoft who came up with the name, and x86 can include 16, 32, and 64-bit processors:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86

x86 don't include 64, for 64 it is x64 which include 16 32 and 64 afaik
EDIT : after some searching x86 wasn't 64 bit at the begining but later it was
well at least i learnt something more today

And for the naming missmatch, it isn't microsoft but windows users who generally made the mistake
Though I'm more used to read AMD64 than x86-64

 

[Master Dimentio]

Absolutely.... nah I'm just fucking with you.

 

[Mirage1990]

It's so funny, how many people just say straight no. It's the same kind of people who would have said that touch screens are impossible, back in 1980. Wait for you mind to blow up. Might take a while but it will happen sooner or later.