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My wife would disagree with you.It would certainly be a step up for comfort, let's not kid ourselves.
I would not, I love that giant gamepad.
My wife would disagree with you.It would certainly be a step up for comfort, let's not kid ourselves.
It’s been brought up but I’m personally of the opinion it still would be too bigCould the 8" display be an indication that Nintendo is using an old Samsung fabrication node for this device?
Larger, less efficient SoC, requires more cooling, larger battery to hit targets, etc.....hence the need to create a larger housing therefore requiring a larger display?
Either of these would blow my mind
Would it be weird to tape out T239 alongside a bunch of other chips on 4N and yet use an 8nm node?It’s been brought up but I’m personally of the opinion it still would be too big
If it were the "main" color, I agree. But as an option, I'd love it. I've pretty much decided I'm gonna reskin my Drake in atomic purple with aftermarket shells anyway so if Nintendo makes it easy on me and let's me buy an official one that'd be nice.To be clear, I actually do think it would be a big mistake :)
I think this'd be even less likely than atomic purple actually, even though it'd be rad as hellSuper Famicom styling (which I know you’ve brought up before) they might be able to get away with as a secondary color scheme, but it would still be better suited for a limited edition.
is that good amount of ram?Yep hes said he heard about 512gb as well. I wish we knew how much ram this thing has.
considering how wrong he was about Nintendo having a week 2H 2023, yeah i would not want to sign my name all over that rumor as wellAlso, Andy heard chatter that MP4 will be the last big Switch game (but he's not confident enough to put that in writing)
512gb? nah not enoughis that good amount of ram?
T239’s timing lands along with Orin on 8nm and Ada on 4N. So I’m not sure. What’s most interesting to me is that the 4090 team worked on the electrical validation of T239, which seems indicative.Would it be weird to tape out T239 alongside a bunch of other chips on 4N and yet use an 8nm node?
Didn't he say a couple months ago that TotK would be the last big Switch game? Or was that Dring?considering how wrong he was about Nintendo having a week 2H 2023, yeah i would not want to sign my name all over that rumor as well
Dring was the first one say it, but Robinson was among those who echoed the statement.Didn't he say a couple months ago that TotK would be the last big Switch game? Or was that Dring?
Save on the SoC, but spend more on cooling, screen, battery, and even shipping as the console will be bigger and heavier. I don't think it's worth it.Could the 8" display be an indication that Nintendo is using an old Samsung fabrication node for this device?
Larger, less efficient SoC, requires more cooling, larger battery to hit targets, etc.....hence the need to create a larger housing therefore requiring a larger display?
Dring, Robinson, and another journalist (forgot her name atm) seemingly got their “Nintendo has no big games” and “Microsoft has no marketing money” talking points from ESA and/or ReedPop around the time words got out that both companies wouldn’t participate in E3. In retrospect, these were self-serving excuses by the ESA/ReedPop to distract observers from their failings. Even if some might not consider Pikmin 4 a “huge” title, the Super Mario Bros Wonder and Princess Peach solo showcase certainly are as major as they go.Dring was the first one say it, but Robinson was among those who echoed the statement.
I want everything on my home screen!If it isn't clunky, a separate app (that maybe could boot the Switch OS but not visibly) to play your digital Switch games doesn't sound so bad. And they could make the app icon glow if you insert an Switch cartridge or something. I would find this more elegant that just having everything on the homescreen.
Dring was the first one say it, but Robinson was among those who echoed the statement.
LOL Metroid Prime 4,and i expect the successor to be anounced in summer of next year for a fall/holiday release(usual Nintendo prediction caveats apply…)
Dawg is using his get out of jail free card
I'm guessing Nintendo might release Mario kart sometime in the futureLOL Metroid Prime 4,and i expect the successor to be anounced in summer of next year for a fall/holiday release
We knew it supported dlss last March, after the nvidia cyberattack.The only leak I want now is if it supports DLSS.
He doesn’t know shit. Haven’t you noticed he never says anything until others bring up a rumor nowadays? $399 has been said by so many people speculating.I see Zippo gave a price for this thing has anyone else posted a price?
it fits in my heartT239’s timing lands along with Orin on 8nm and Ada on 4N. So I’m not sure. What’s most interesting to me is that the 4090 team worked on the electrical validation of T239, which seems indicative.
Ultimately, I just don’t see how the leaked chip fits on 8nm
Dring was the first one say it, but Robinson was among those who echoed the statement.
Third time's the charm!* Hidden text: cannot be quoted. *
yeah 2024 and BC seems all but confirmedSo I managed to get past the Nikkei paywall and accessed their report on Nintendo’s Q1 financial results. They had some exclusive quotes from Furukawa that aren’t available on other news outlets. I can’t share the whole article, but will post a few segments below (machine translation with some manual edits by me).
“The fact that Zelda sales have grown so much in such a short period of time is beyond our imagination.” Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa, interviewed by the Nikkei Shimbun on the [earnings release] day, did not hide his surprise.
Despite the historically strong performance of the April-June quarter, President Furukawa said, “It was unusual for a record-breaking software hit to coincide with the release of a movie. It’s too early to determine the momentum for the entire year.”
Market interest has shifted to the [Switch] successor. Regarding the release timing of the successor, President Furukawa said, “I can’t talk about it at this time,” but “many people are of the opinion that it will be announced in 2024,” said Masahiro Ono of Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities.
Nintendo intends to actively utilize the “Nintendo Account” to carry on the momentum of the Switch to the next-generation console. […] It is expected that the membership information will be made available on the successor, so that the initial setup and game download purchases can be performed smoothly. President Furukawa said, “I can’t speak to the specificity, but it is important to continue the relationship with our customers, which was reset each time we developed a new game console.”
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On the subject of new game card formats, I've done a little bit of digging and found what I believe to be the prime candidate for the tech behind the next gen game cards; single-gate vertical channel (SGVC) 3D NAND. In 2017 Macronix published a paper on the technology, including results on a test chip they had manufactured. I don't have access to the paper itself, but the abstract is pretty informative:
There are a few important things here. It's got very long data retention (40+ years), is described as "very suitable for read-intensive memory", and achieves high capacities at low cost. The sample chip they manufactured was 128Gb (16GB) on a 16-layer process, and they claim that 1Tb (128GB) chips would be possible on a 48-layer process at low cost. It could presumably scale even further in capacity with additional layers.
That seems like a technology pretty much perfectly designed for Nintendo. In fact this article about it stated it was "suitable for read-intensive applications such as game-grade memory". I don't know if this is a quote from Macronix or the author's addition, but it would be surprising if Macronix didn't see this as something they could provide to Nintendo.
In 2019, this article stated that Macronix planned to introduce SGVC after their ordinary (GAA-based) 3D NAND business is established. That's taken a bit longer than expected, but they started mass production of 48-layer GAA 3D NAND in 2021 and 96-layer in 2022. Which would put the introduction of SGVC 3D NAND at right around the right time to be used for Nintendo's new console.
Incidentally, it appears that Macronix have been using a mix of XtraROM and NAND in Switch game cards all along. Thanks to @LiC who passed the info along to me. Game cards up to 4GB seem to use XtraROM, while cards 8GB and up use NAND. No specifics on the NAND, but presumably it's tweaked in some way to provide better longevity in a write-once use-case. I don't know whether they're using any 3D NAND, but that's only been available from Macronix recently, so anything prior to last year would have to be planar NAND.
This also explains why development on XtraROM ceased after they hit 32nm in 2014, as they switched to a NAND variant. The 4GB capacity of the largest XtraROM parts is the same as the largest 3DS games (although they claimed 8GB, I don't think any games actually used 8GB cards), so it seems like 4GB is the limit of capacity on 32nm XtraROM.
Probably because he was wrong about a lot of stuff and deletes his tweets and acts like it never happenedIt's annoying to see so many "the same Andy who tweeted this!?"
That's definitely a real possibility, yeah. Everything that was ever released for the PS4/XOne should run on this hardware with improvements as long as they're made, and if you're well versed with the technical kings of the last generation... I suppose you can imagine that'd be a hard level to keep for the entirety of their output. In summary, expect it to be way more underutilized than the Switch on a regular basis, Nintendo is finally leaving potato territory with all that means.Not use it to its absolute fullest potential visually - the thought of the next Zelda or Xenoblade looking like Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima or the Outer Worlds makes me giddy
crazy people give him the time a day after getting the SNES remake last direct 100% wrongHe doesn’t know shit. Haven’t you noticed he never says anything until others bring up a rumor nowadays? $399 has been said by so many people speculating.
just for fun: what’s potentially the worst thing people think nintendo could do with the switch 2?
The AA batteries, or the soulless, nightmare fuel rabbit mascot? Both?
Well, the Energizer Bunny has... competition? I do wonder how many AAs it would take to power a Switch now, though.
dont diferenciate Switch for it sucessor, meaning, make everyone trough Switch sucessor is a Switch Pro or whatever, repeat the same mistakes they did with Wii Ujust for fun: what’s potentially the worst thing people think nintendo could do with the switch 2?
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Looks like this paper contains the quote @Thraktor mentioned, "The robust read disturb and long retention at fresh state makes the SGVC device very suitable for the highly read-intensive memory applications such as game-grade memory."
Follow up: last week, Micron put up their DRAM roadmap for the near future.(as usual, some more not-exactly Nintendo related/tangential stuff)
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Waaaait, in Samsung's announcement of GDDR7, the density is 2 GB?
I'm not saying that we're locked into a cursed timeline just yet, but rewind back a bit to GDDR6's debut. Samsung entered that by announcing 2 GB chips as well. Then followed up on that by also announcing 1 GB chips. And as we know, to this day, GDDR6 is only manufactured as 1 and 2 GB chips
(someone please announce densities higher than 2 GB soon, because I'm not ready for the internet response to a ~2024 class of GPU launches only having access to GDDR7 chips no denser than 2 GB)
(do I want to even entertain the cursed timeline where we don't get a decent bump in density for GDDR7 in time for ~2028?)
So don't follow his Twitter. It's irrelevant to his published articles.Probably because he was wrong about a lot of stuff and deletes his tweets and acts like it never happened
Thoughts?
I don't follow his Twitter but it's just kind of weird to let him be a liar "because twitter" once again to quote the man "For those disappointed with the Skyward Sword remaster, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess are 100% coming this year. So that's at least one good 3D Zelda." 100%So don't follow his Twitter. It's irrelevant to his published articles.
Thoughts?