NotesThe Switch runs an off-the-shelf Nvidia Tegra X1 with 4GB of RAM. It was Nvidias second desktop GPU architecture in a mobile chip, after the Nvidia Tegra K1, containing 256 Maxwell CUDA cores. Announced ten years ago now (On January 5, 2015) it was originally intended for tablets and the automotive industry, before Nintendo picked it up. The Jetson TX1 dev kit was released and it was also present in the somewhat popular and well-known Jetson Nano (though with only half the CUDA cores enabled.) A fully functional (albeit largely proprietary, in traditional Nvidia fashion) Linux4Tegra distribution was shipped, with a working CUDA development environment.
CUDA? The compute platform that’s driving the AI revolution ✨? In my Nintendo Switch?
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NotesThe main feature, of course — even the eponymous feature, if you like — is that it’s neither tethered to your TV, nor an exclusively squint-inducing handheld device. This is a fundamentally humane and grown-up move. I have a home office, but I don’t want a man cave or boy’s room or whatever you might call it. I’m married, and I like my wife. I prefer to be in the same room as her, even if we’re both doing different things and only periodically talking to each other (this is also one of the fab things about marriage). The Switch lets me shut off the TV but keep playing, without having to go to another room. I keep all my games stuff in the living room.Unfurl
Notes"I'd be interested to know about any Apple Matters readers whove managed to sway a friend or work colleague in the past few weeks/months in switching to a Mac, especially those whove done it with the one-hit line "It can run Windows"."Unfurl
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