It is believed that due to the close cooperation between Samsung and AMD, the new Exynos processor will use AMD’s Radeon display technology, which will make significant progress in game performance. At present, the next-generation consoles PS5 and Xbox Series X all use AMD’s GPU technology. If Switch Pro is also used, AMD will become the biggest winner in the game console market!
However, the above-mentioned news is only the story of the foreign media "Slash Gear". Many people in the industry and players believe that the hardware of Switch Pro(Switch 2) will not be as long as that of PS5 and Xbox Series X, but the hardware specifications are still much stronger than the original Switch, such as adopting 64GB SSD, faster NVIDIA processor and so on. The doctor believes that Nintendo is unlikely to suddenly give up its cooperation with Nvidia and will continue to adopt Tegra series chips.
The reason why the doctor has the above views is because he noticed that the official website of Nvidia recently released a latest recruitment notice. NVIDIA is looking for a senior embedded software engineer for Tegra solution engineering team, who is committed to researching "the next generation graphics and artificial intelligence technology for game consoles and AI edge devices". We have noticed that Tegra chips will still be used in the field of game consoles, which is naturally Nintendo’s game console Switch.
According to the specific content of the recruitment notice, the new senior embedded software engineer will focus on "the solution of using artificial intelligence in graphics technologies such as DLSS2.0 of NVIDIA". At present, many foreign media and technicians believe that this is a signal that the next generation of Nintendo Switch should support NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 technology.
The so-called DLSS technology is called Deep Learning Super Sampling in English and deep learning supersampling in Chinese. We don’t need to understand the specific principle, we just need to know that with this technology, the frame number of the game will be higher and higher with the update of the algorithm, and the picture rendering effect will be better and better. The DLSS 2.0 technology is naturally more efficient than before, and it is suitable for all games.
In August last year, in the article "Foreign media broke the news: Say goodbye to 720p, Nintendo enhanced Switch screen will be upgraded", Dr. Zhang described that Nintendo Switch Pro(Switch 2) might adopt IGZO display provided by Sharp. At present, Switch players generally believe that the picture quality of 720p is slightly outdated, and the new IGZO display will help to enhance the visual experience and enhance the endurance of the machine. If Switch Pro(Switch 2) can support 1080p, then the super-sampling algorithm in NVIDIA DLSS2.0 technology can convert 1080p into 4k resolution, thus realizing 4k output without affecting the image quality.
Unfortunately, Nintendo President Toshiro Furukawa made it clear that Switch 2 will not be launched this year. Perhaps in 2021, we can see the true face of Switch Pro (second generation), which is really looking forward to it!