Another Nintendo Switch 2 leak has surfaced and this time it’s from Business Korea. The Korean publication claims a number of things, including that we could see a Switch 2 release at the end of the year. The site also says that Samsung is the main component supplier for the platform and that the system will use NVIDIA’s Tegra T239 chip, meaning it would be similar in power to Sony’s PlayStation 4 with some ray tracing capabilities and DLSS. You can read the main points of the article in this handy summary from A member of Reddit Fidler_2K:
Important points:
- The Switch 2 is expected to launch already in the second half of this year
- Suppliers have reportedly reached a significant level of agreement on initial production contracts.
- Samsung Foundry will manufacture the SoC on Samsung’s 7LPH process node
- Samsung will provide NAND storage for the cartridges and internal memory
- Samsung beat out competitors from China to be the display supplier
This information was also confirmed by OreXda, the primary leaker of Samsung Electronics products:
- It is expected that the Nintendo Switch 2 will be presented already in the second half of this year. Significant contracts have already been awarded in the component industry for initial production.
- Tegra T239 – manufactured by Samsung Foundry 7LPH
- Screen – Samsung OLED
- With the exception that LCD models may be released first (Using Sharp Screen)
