NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has mirrored on his firm’s collaboration with Nintendo to create the customized processor for Nintendo Change 2 in a brand new Creator’s Voice Particular Version video.
“This can be a proud second for all of us at NVIDIA,” Huang begins. “We’ve labored with Nintendo for greater than a decade, drawn collectively by a shared perception – that expertise ought to serve creativity and that pleasure is value engineering for.
“I nonetheless keep in mind the day Iwata-san shared his dream with us. He needed to create one thing nobody had seen earlier than – a console highly effective sufficient for giant cinematic video games, however sufficiently small to take wherever. It sounded inconceivable, however that imaginative and prescient turned the unique Nintendo Change.
“We misplaced Iwata-san earlier than the launch, however his readability, his goal, it nonetheless conjures up our work on daily basis. Collectively, we poured all the pieces into that system. The Nintendo Change took over 500 engineer years at NVIDIA. We rethought all the stack, chip structure, OS, APIs, recreation engines, so the magic may journey with you.
“The outcomes communicate for themselves. Over 150 million consoles offered, a world platform that introduced households collectively, empowered indie creators, and redefined what a console might be. And now, a daring new chapter begins. The mission, construct a brand new console that takes the unique imaginative and prescient additional.
“To make it so, we needed to reinvent all the pieces. The chip inside Nintendo Change 2 is in contrast to something we’ve constructed earlier than. It brings collectively three breakthroughs. Essentially the most superior graphics ever in a cellular system. Full {hardware} ray tracing. Excessive Dynamic Vary for brighter highlights and deeper shadows, and an structure that helps backward compatibility. Devoted AI processors to sharpen, animate and improve gameplay in actual time. And it’s ultra-low energy, we optimise the semiconductor course of expertise for prime efficiency in a handheld system, so it will probably go wherever you go.
“This chip is a technical marvel. It delivers efficiency, intelligence, and sweetness within the palm of your hand. [Nintendo] Change 2 is greater than a brand new console. It’s a brand new chapter worthy of Iwata-san’s imaginative and prescient. To our buddies at Nintendo, congratulations! We’re honoured to be on this journey with you. And to everybody who loves video games, let the enjoyable start.”
Nintendo Change 2 shall be launched at retailers around the globe on 5 June 2025, priced at £395.99 in the UK, €469.99 throughout Europe, and $449.99 in the USA.
Creator’s Voice Particular Version – Nintendo Change 2’s Customized Processor