Samsung and amd could feed the successor to the nintendo switch

Samsung's graphics partnership with AMD is poised to deliver great things, bringing the power of AMD's RDNA graphics architecture to the masses alongside Samsung's powerful Exynos series of mobile chips. The information that is circulating now, is that the successor to the Nintendo Switch could have one of these chips.

Nintendo Switch successor may have one of Samsung's chips with AMD

When Nintendo tries to replace its Switch console, the company will likely choose to create a new hybrid of portable console / home console. While the company may choose to purchase Nvidia chips, Nvidia's minimal effort in quality consumer ARM products leaves them in a position where they may not be able to create silicon that is "next-generation" enough to Nintendo's next console, at least on the CPU side.

Nvidia has not updated its Shield tablet line with new silicon since its Tegra K1, which contains a Kepler-based graphics chip, while its Shield TV component series has not been upgraded with updated chips than its Maxwell-based Tegra X1, the same chip that the switch uses. As things stand, if Nintendo wanted to create a next-gen Switch console, Nvidia doesn't have a new SoC available to sell them, a factor that will force Nintendo to look for alternative suppliers. This is where AMD's partnership with Samsung comes into play.

Last week, AMD and Samsung announced their strategy that was designed to deliver "low-power, high-performance" graphics technology to the masses, merging AMD's RDNA graphics with Samsung's already capable ARM SoC. Together, the two companies plan to deliver "innovative graphic products, " although this agreement will take years to bear fruit.

In this context, Nintendo has Samsung and AMD as the only viable option for the successor to Nintendo Switch.

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