Possible NVIDIA Ampere-Powered SOC For Next-Gen Nintendo Switch 2 Handheld Spotted

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Nintendo's next-gen Switch 2 Handheld console could be utilizing NVIDIA Ampere GPU architecture within its SOC as spotted within recent GitHub updates.

Discovered by @Kepler_L2, it looks like NVIDIA has worked on at least two custom SOCs based on the Ampere GPU architecture which might possibly be integrated within the Nintendo Switch 2 handheld. These two SOCs include the T234 and T239 and were spotted within NVIDIA's GitHub "Open-GPU" section. The interesting part about these listings is that both SOCs are featured under the Ampere architecture so we are looking at GPU features that are on par with the GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards.

Now the listing of two SOCs may indicate a standard and a Pro variant but as per Tech_Reve, it is rumored that the NVIDIA T234 SKU was cancelled and the T239 SOC is scheduled for production on Samsung's 8nm process node. This is the same fabrication process used for the rest of the GeForce RTX 30 GPUs.

It seems like T234 has been canceled, and T239 is scheduled to be produced on Samsung Foundry's 8nm process for Switch 2.

— Revegnus (@Tech_Reve) September 12, 2023

Recently, we have been hearing a lot of rumors regarding the Nintendo Switch 2 handheld. These rumors basically come after Gamescom 2023 where the device was showcased to select media & behind closed doors. According to rumored details, the Nintendo Switch 2 handheld was running various games at 4K 60 FPS natively and is also said to offer full support for Ray Tracing & NVIDIA's DLSS technologies. The Switch 2 handheld was shown to run the Unreal Engine 5 Matrix Awakens demo with NVIDIA DLSS 3.1.

Just to point out that the NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction technology is supported across all RTX GPUs so it should also be