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NVIDIA could soon halt production of Tegra X1+ chip that powers the Nintendo Switch
Reports indicate that NVIDIA is planning to stop the production of the Tegra X1+ SoC that has been powering the Nintendo Switch.
The Nintendo Switch is long due for an upgrade, especially since Sony and Microsoft had ramped up their gaming hardware in 2020. Nintendo only launched a smaller version of the Switch in 2019, which wasn’t really an upgrade but rather the same piece of hardware in a handheld-only form factor. The good news is that we might finally see an update for the console very soon.
Here's Super Mario Galaxy running at 1080p on the Nvidia Shield TV
You can technically run Super Mario Galaxy at 1080p on the Nvidia Shield TV, come check it out here and let us know what you think!
The Nvidia Shield TV is an Android TV device powered by the Nvidia Tegra X1 system-on-chip which also happens to power the Nintendo Switch game console. Nintendo partnered with Nvidia to release a handful of Nintendo Wii and Nintendo GameCube games on the Nvidia Shield TV, but these games are only accessible if you live in China. It turns out that the Wii and GameCube games on the Shield TV may actually be actually running on an emulator which is exciting both for Nintendo Switch and Shield TV fans alike. Unfortunately, it's difficult to get access to these game titles, but EuroGamer managed to do some testing on Super Mario Galaxy. It runs at 1080p surprisingly well on the device, which you can check out below.
Tegra X1 vulnerability found, affects the Google Pixel C and Nvidia Shield
A new critical vulnerability has been discovered in the Nvidia Tegra X1 system-on-chip that affects devices such as the Nintendo Switch, Google Pixel C, and Nvidia Shield.
If you're a gamer, you may have heard the incredible news out yesterday about the Nintendo Switch: It has been cracked wide open. A new vulnerability in the Nvidia Tegra X1, the system-on-chip found in the Nintendo Switch but also devices like the Google Pixel C and Nvidia Shield Android TV, has been discovered. The vulnerability, called Fusée Gelée, was discovered by Katherine Temkin in collaboration with ReSwitched, a hacking team dedicated to opening up the Switch for homebrew access. During the course of their work, they found a vulnerability that achieves exactly what they were looking for, but because of its platform-specificity, affects more devices than they probably intended.