NVIDIA CEO Hails Switch 2 Chip As An Unprecedented Marvel Of Mobile Graphics

Jensen Huang, the head honcho at NVIDIA, poured on the praise for Nintendo's soon-to-be-released Switch 2 console in a video posted to YouTube, saying it signals the beginning of a "bold new chapter" in gaming. A big part of that claim lies with the custom silicon inside, which NVIDIA designed, just as it did with the original Switch console that released in 2017.

Though he doesn't say it in the video, the silicon inside the Switch 2 is essentially a custom Tegra T239 chip with some significant upgrades over the Tegra X1 found in all versions of the first-generation Switch (Switch, Switch OLED, and Switch Lite). We also don't get any confirmed details from the boss in charge of NVIDIA, though he did heap on the hyperbole, saying NVIDIA had to "reinvent everything" for the Switch 2. He also called the custom silicon inside a "technical marvel ...