Nintendo Switch 2 Lite: rumors point to a new Samsung manufacturing process

It has been a year and a half since Nintendo launched its new hybrid console venture, after the undeniable success of the original Nintendo Switch. The Japanese video game giant can’t have any complaints about the initial sales of this one either. nintendo switch 2and is already thinking about offering a cheaper version of the current console just as it did with the original model. According to rumors, this supposed Nintendo Switch 2 Lite would use the new process for its CPU Samsung 8LPU+.

Nintendo Switch 2 Lite: Samsung could manufacture its chip with the 8LPU+ process

The rumors come from Nintendo Patents Watch, which has suggested that NVIDIA could adapt the CPU of the Nintendo Switch 2, the NVIDIA Tegra T239to Samsung’s advanced manufacturing process. This new manufacturing process Samsung 8LPU+ It will be presented on December 14, and the manufacture of this NVIDIA T239 can be a good start to apply this improved 8 nm technology from Samsung.

A cheaper Nintendo Switch 2 with possible hardware cuts

But for now, this is based on speculation, as Nintendo has not talked about a supposed Nintendo Switch 2 Litealthough it may be logical that sooner or later it launches a cheaper version. A version with a lower price after the cost increase that has been announced, and that has raised the price of the original model.

Other factors such as controls that do not disengagea smaller screen and even a less powerful chipthey can reduce the total cost of this rumored model to offer it to users at a much more advantageous price.

At the moment there is nothing confirmed

As we have mentioned, there is no no formal relationship between this new Samsung manufacturing process and the supposed Nintendo Switch 2 Liteit is not even known if Nintendo has plans to launch this console. But this advanced manufacturing process seems match the requirements from Nintendo regarding a new CPU for a supposedly cheaper model.