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https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/26/why-nvidia-corp-will-design-a-fully-custom-chip-fo.aspx
Ill personally add, Security, using an already released, well documented Chip for Switch surely have not helped on the security for the console.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/26/why-nvidia-corp-will-design-a-fully-custom-chip-fo.aspx
Going forward, though, I believe that NVIDIA will build truly custom processors for Nintendo's future Switch game consoles (if NVIDIA is indeed contracted to provide the chips for those consoles).
After the Tegra X1, though, NVIDIA's Tegra processor designs have become decidedly less mobile-focused and more automotive-focused.....
Since NVIDIA's mainstream Tegra processors are targeted at the automotive market (where power efficiency is still important but the total power consumed by the chips can be higher), I think NVIDIA will need something different for a future Nintendo Switch.
The good news for both Nintendo and NVIDIA is that a custom processor for a future Nintendo Switch would still likely be built from many of the same building blocks that are used to craft the automotive-focused Tegra processors...
NVIDIA could also cut out any hardware inside of the chip that's not relevant to gaming/multimedia performance (like the dedicated computer vision engine that's embedded in the chip to support self-driving car applications) to save on both power and cost. NVIDIA could even use the power/space savings that result from cutting the proverbial fat to beefing up things that matter to gaming (for example, adding more graphics processor cores).
Ill personally add, Security, using an already released, well documented Chip for Switch surely have not helped on the security for the console.