• GreyBeard@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    NVIDIA wasn’t shy about this. They tried to buy ARM. They design the Tegra chip that is in the Switch.

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      11 months ago

      They tried to buy ARM.

      Just for market dominance I assume.

      They design the Tegra chip that is in the Switch.

      Yes, but that chip is old. It was already a bit outdated when the switch came out, and that was 2017.

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        11 months ago

        Just for market dominance I assume.

        Almost certainly. I’m glad they failed to buy it. It would have been a mess in the long run, but clearly they have plans for ARM.

        Yes, but that chip is old. It was already a bit outdated when the switch came out, and that was 2017.

        Correct, but they do work with ARM already. I’m guessing they will be making the chip for the Switch 2, which will probably be out of date when it comes out in 2024, but it will be a more modern chip.

        • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org
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          11 months ago

          Nvidia’s ARM play has always been primarily in AI and vehicles. Tegra has a number of successors — just not in consumer devices.