Nintendo Switch 2 teardown confirms Nvidia Tegra T239 chip, SK Hynix memory, more details

TL;DR: A teardown of the newly announced Nintendo Switch 2 has seemingly confirmed key hardware specs not yet officially announced. According to screenshots published by a reliable hardware modder, the device uses an Nvidia Tegra processor and SK Hynix memory. The teardown was performed by YouTuber and X user @KurnalSalts, known for his deep dive videos on Arm chips used in smartphones, laptops, AR headsets, and other gadgets. According to his since-deleted post, the Switch 2 is powered by Nvidia's Tegra T239 SoC, which comes with an Arm Cortex X1 HP-core, three Cortex A78 performance cores, and four Cortex A55 efficiency cores, paired with a custom Ampere-based GPU with 12 SMs and 1,536 CUDA cores. The tipster also revealed that the Switch 2 uses memory modules from SK Hynix, though the exact memory configuration remains unconfirmed. Earlier rumors suggested that it uses 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM in dual-channel mode with a 128-bit memory interface. The teardown also revealed a 256GB UFS 3 ... Read full article.