Nintendo may end up presenting NVIDIA’s next-generation GPU architecture, codenamed Ada Lovelace, on its next 2021 Switch portable console. Although it is a rumor, the information comes from a very reliable source that is correct with its previous leaks about NVIDIA’s current generation of GPUs.
NVIDIA’s next-generation Ada Lovelace GPU could power Nintendo’s handheld console with switch in 2021
The Nintendo Switch portable console for 2021 has been a hot topic since the news was released yesterday by Bloomberg that it would make use of NVIDIA’s DLSS technology to power 4K visuals in TV mode. NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) technology is one of the main features of RTX graphics cards, allowing users to perform better through AI-assisted scaling. We’ve also heard some additional details that we’ve talked about here, but we’re going to talk about the main highlight of this topic.
That’s right, there are rumors that Nintendo will present NVIDIA’s Ada Lovelace GPU, according to reports Kopite7kimi. The news is quite significant, as Ada Lovelace is the successor to the generation of existing RTX graphics cards based on the GPU Ampere. The leak was also the first to suggest the possibility for NVIDIA to use Ada Lovelace as a codename for its next generation GPU family.
NVIDIA is known for basing its architectures on prominent physicists, mathematicians and scientists, and Ada Lovelace is no different. In many ways, Ada Lovelace can be considered the world’s first computer enthusiast.
She seems to be the first person to realize that the analytical machine proposed by Charles Babbage had applications beyond pure calculation and also published what was thought to be the first algorithm (becoming the first computer programmer) intended to be loaded by such a machine. . That was almost half a century before Alan Turing finished his job and invented the general-purpose computer during the world war.
Now, NVIDIA’s Ada Lovelace GPUs will be better at everything compared to Ampere. They will offer better lightning and DLSS tracking capabilities, as well as several new features that have not yet been revealed. We will definitely not see any consumer GPUs based on the Ada Lovelace architecture anytime soon, but NVIDIA will likely release a version of Ada Lovelace to power the Nintendo switch.
NVIDIA did the same with its Ampere line, which was first introduced to the Tegra Orin SOC in 2019. The RTX 30 series was not released until 2H 2020. We could be looking at a new NVIDIA Tegra ad relatively soon. and that makes sense, considering that the new Nintendo Switch console will also include an updated CPU with ARM architecture and faster memory. The price of the new Nintendo Switch handheld console is expected to be around $ 349- $ 399 and is expected to reach retail by the end of this year (holiday 2021). NVIDIA may present its new Tegra SOC at GTC 2021, which will be next month, followed by an official announcement from Nintendo on its next Nintendo Switch console.
| SOC Name | Tegra X1 | Parker | Xavier | Orin | Next generation Tegra SOC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technological process | 20nm TSMC | 16nm TSMC | 12nm TSMC | 8nm samsung | 5nm TSMC? |
| SOC Transistors | 2 billion (Tegra X1) | N / D | 7 billion (Xavier) | 17 billion (Orin) | TBA |
| GPU architecture | Maxwell (256 cores) | Pascal (256 cores) | Back (512 Core) | Amp (2048) | Ada Lovelace? |
| CPU | 16-core ARM CPU | 12-core ARM CPU | 8-core ARM CPU | 12-core ARM CPU | Next generation ARM |
| CPU architecture | 4x Cortex A57 4x Cortex A53 |
4x Denver A53 8x Cortex A57 |
Carmel ARM64 8-core CPU (8 MB L2 + 4 MB L3) | Herclues ARM Cores (A72AE) | Next-generation ARM |
| System memory | LPDDR4 | 8 GB LPDDR4 (50+ GB / s) | 16 GB 256-bit LPDDR4 | LPDDR4x | LPDDR5? |
News source: Videocardz