Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Nintendo Switch: Dataminers Discover Hardware Update Clues

Dataminers have discovered possible references to upcoming changes in Nintendo Switch hardware - although this doesn't necessarily mean an entirely new version of the console.

As spotted by ResetEra user Atheerios, dataminers at Switchbrew discovered a new folder, added after the console's recent 5.0 firmware upgrade. The folder appears to point to a new Switch hardware configuration, seemingly codenamed 'Mariko'.

Initially, Switch hackers believed that this may simply be covering a replacement CPU chip, swapping the current Tegra 210 with the Tegra 214, after it was discovered that the 210 was vulnerable to hacking, even with new firmware.

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