Nintendo to use new Nvidia graphics chip in 2021 Switch upgrade

Nintendo Switch video games displayed at a shop in Tokyo. The new Switch iteration will support Nvidia’s DLSS, a novel rendering technology that uses artificial intelligence to deliver higher-fidelity graphics more efficiently. — AFP

Nintendo Co plans to adopt an upgraded Nvidia Corp chip with better graphics and processing for a new Switch model planned for the year-end shopping season, according to people familiar with the matter.

The new Switch iteration will support Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling, or DLSS, a novel rendering technology that uses artificial intelligence to deliver higher-fidelity graphics more efficiently. That will allow the console, which is also set for an OLED display upgrade, to reproduce game visuals at 4K quality when plugged into a TV, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plan is not public.