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Rumour: ‘Switch 2’ May Support Samsung’s Upcoming MicroSD Cards For Higher Transfer Speeds


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In 2024, the Switch’s switch speeds depart quite a bit to be desired, however that is likely to be one of many wrinkles Nintendo is hoping to iron out with ‘Switch 2’, if the hypothesis surrounding a brand new job itemizing is to be believed (thanks, Gameranx).

Yep, the most recent chatter from the ‘Switch 2’ hearsay mill is all about microSD playing cards, particularly, Samsung’s upcoming ‘SD Express’ playing cards, which the corporate revealed earlier this yr. Samsung claims that these microSDs can attain switch speeds of as much as 800 MB/S — a noticeable bump on the present Switch’s 60 MB/S on the branded SanDisk playing cards and 150 MB/S max on the SanDisk SDXC card — and it seems like Nintendo is hoping to help it sooner or later.

As flagged by SuperMetalDave64 in a current YouTube video, Nintendo of America is presently hiring for an Electro Mechanical Engineer to hitch its Technology Department. According to the job itemizing, the position’s necessities embody “Experience with transmission line idea and the way it constrains sensible PCB design” and “Experience with excessive pace signaling and energy supply on PCB designs that comprise components comparable to PCIE, DDR4, MIPI, SD/SD Express”.

It’s that final “SD Express” notice that has received the alarm bells ringing for SuperMetalDave64 and others. If Nintendo is after someone with a data of the SD Express tech and Samsung is utilising stated tech in an upcoming product, then it was solely a matter of time earlier than the 2 have been linked collectively.

Heck, there was even hypothesis that the upcoming microSD vary was developed in collaboration with Nintendo, after Samsung introduced the playing cards as being born from “a profitable collaboration with a buyer to create a customized product”. An inexpensive, low-power various that provides one thing of a center floor between present requirements and high-end opponents? Certainly sounds prefer it may be Nintendo, however who is aware of!

Games are getting ever greater and whereas the likes of the SD Express’ switch speeds are usually not a scratch on a few of these boasted by beefy PCs or next-gen consoles, it’d open the doorways to much more “inconceivable ports” making their strategy to Nintendo {hardware} sooner or later.

As ever, regardless of what a few of the rumours would lead you to imagine, that is removed from any kind of affirmation. Nintendo remains to be protecting schtum on all issues ‘Switch 2’ and can possible keep that means till the console’s official announcement sooner or later “this fiscal yr”. Talk of elevated switch speeds is all very thrilling, however let’s not neglect that it is nonetheless hypothesis in the intervening time.



Ella Bennet
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