Should we be concerned about the Samsung-produced processor?
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This is much, much higher than Steam Deck LCD’s 163mm2and the OLED revision’s 131mm2.
That said, there are theories thatanotherSamsung process may be in effect, perhaps 5nm.
These are based on fabrication technologies from TSMC - the most successful chip maker in the business right now.
With a Samsung chip, clock speeds will be lower and power efficiency won’t be as good.
I’d also point you towards Oliver Mackenzie’s remarkablevideo comparing the existing Switch to iPhone 15 Pro.
Eight ARM A78C cores pair with Nvidia’s Ampere architecture to deliver machine learning features and even ray tracing.
Expect loading times to be considerably reduced owing to the inclusion of a custom file decompression block.
I’d also expect Nvidia DLSS to be doing a lot of heavy lifting.
However, there is one very interesting element to it that’s worth discussion.
DLSS isn’t a free lunch, processing time scales with output resolution.
The next few months should prove fascinating.
