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Nintendo is reportedly using Samsung to build the main Switch 2 chips


Nintendo has reportedly hired Samsung to build key chips for the upcoming Switch 2 including a processor custom designed by NVIDIA.

Nintendo hired Samsung to build the main chips for the Switch 2, including an 8-nanometer processor custom designed by NVIDIA, Bloomberg reported. Samsung has previously supplied Nintendo with flash memory and displays, but building the Switch 2's processor would be a rare win for the company's contract chip division. During Nintendo's latest earnings call, President Shuntaro Furukawa's said that the company didn't expect any component shortages with its new console — an issue that plagued the original Switch.

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