CT Scan of Nintendo Switch 2 Reveals Detailed Internals, Including Nvidia Tegra SoC

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So, here’s the deal. The Nintendo Switch 2 — yeah, the one everyone’s been buzzing about — didn’t stand a chance against the curious bunch online. Like, seriously, people couldn’t wait to peek inside. Specs? Well, sure, tech nerds already had a pretty good idea. But it’s kinda fun to see the real innards, right? Some Reddit user thought it’d be a blast to do a CT scan of this thing, and here we are, gawping at the Nvidia Tegra SoC like it’s some kinda high-tech art piece.

Anyway — or wait, let me think — oh right, there’s this image floating around.

Some guy (or maybe it’s a girl? Who knows, usernames can be tricky) known as Scan-of-the-month is behind this. Apparently, they love to zap all sorts of gadgets with a CT scan. Apple AirPods, Flipper Zero, you name it. Now, the Switch 2’s got the same treat. Why? No clue. Felt like it, I guess.

In the CT pic (which is all labeled up like a science project), there’s this huge 5220mAh battery block. It’s lounging next to a Realtek audio codec chip like they’re best pals. And then there’s this MediaTek module doing its Wi-Fi and Bluetooth thing. We got some SK Hynix chips here too, with 256GB UFS storage and a pair of LPDDR5X RAM chips. Geeky heaven, if you ask me.

Now, about the Nvidia SoC — oh man, the kind of stuff that gets enthusiasts drooling. It’s the Tegra chip with the mysterious label GGMLX30-A1. A video, somewhere out there in the wilds of the internet, supposedly breaks it down layer by layer.

And the tampering with the Switch 2 doesn’t stop at scans. Some brave (or foolish?) soul smashed the screen with pliers like, 50 times, just to see what gives. Others tore it apart methodically, one piece at a time, documenting the whole shebang just for kicks. It’s like a digital autopsy, right? But hey, it confirmed that fancy Tegra thingamajig’s name.

Do we know what happens to the Switch 2 after these CT shenanigans? Nah, not really. But the innards look cool on screen. Kinda neat to see how stuff’s laid out and to confirm what was pretty much obvious. Sometimes it’s about the journey, not the destination, they say. Or something like that.