The first leak of the year involves the Nintendo Switch 2. Three images of an upcoming gaming console motherboard have allegedly been leaked on Reddit. The memory used seems to be SKHynixLPDDR548Gbit. The leaked image also shows the NVIDIA logo, which is completely expected because previously leaked information indicated that the Nintendo Switch 2 will once again use NVIDIA hardware.
More specifically, it will use the Tegra239 SoC based on the OrinSoC series. The CPU has 8 large cores + 12 ARM Cortex-A78AE cores, and the GPU is based on NVIDIA's Ampere architecture, including 2048 CUDA cores. The hardware reportedly supports deep learning super-sampling super-resolution and ray reconstruction, with the addition of the latter confirming hardware ray tracing support.
According to previously leaked news, Switch 2 will not have built-in frame generation function. However, several console games are already equipped with AMDFSR frame generation technology, and on PC, DLSS super-resolution and FSR frame generation technology can be mixed. Some developers may use this technology again when making Nintendo Switch 2 games to achieve higher performance.
DLSS ray reconstruction is probably the only real advantage the Switch 2 hardware has over the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X. Beyond that, experts agree that the new console will be even less powerful than the Xbox, and resolution is rumored to be limited to 4K and 30 frames per second. This is nothing new to Nintendo fans, though - the last console to be competitive in this regard was the GameCube, which was also quite a failure from a sales perspective.
Nintendo Switch 2 will once again try to combine handheld game consoles and home game consoles to attract more users. The Switch just surpassed Sony's PlayStation 2 lifetime sales in the United States. Globally, the PS2 is still in the lead, but Nintendo's console may be very close before it's all over.
The leaks are coming at an ever-increasing pace, which suggests the reveal may be really close. Previous rumors pointed to a January 8 launch from Nintendo, with accessories rumored to start shipping on March 28.