Nintendo Switch 2 CT Scan Reveals Layered Internals, Highlighting Nvidia Tegra SoC

So here’s the deal. I stumbled across this thing about the Nintendo Switch 2—people have been poking around inside it. You can’t help but want to know what’s tickin’ in there, right? Anyway, this Redditor, goes by Scan-of-the-month, got all CSI with a CT scan on the Switch 2. Why? Beats me. But hey, it’s fascinating to see this tiny world within a gaming console.

So, someone posted these cool scans. Apparently, these kinds of scans get shared a lot, not just Switch stuff—I remember seeing something about AirPods and a Flipper Zero. How did I get here? I don’t even know. But bear with me.

Now, lemme paint a picture: you’ve got this labeled CT image, and you can practically touch all the bits and pieces. There’s this massive 5220mAh battery that screams, “I power this beast!” Nearby, there’s a Realtek audio chip that probably makes all those epic game sounds pop. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth dance around via a MediaTek module. And tada, two SK Hynix bits for storage and RAM, busy making sure your games run smooth as butter.

But here’s the kicker, the Nvidia Tegra SoC pops up and steals the show, flexing with GGMLX30-A1 etched on it. Some teardown video confirmed that little detail. Yeah, folks are tearing these things apart, literally. I mean, someone went all Godzilla on a Switch screen with pliers—why? Don’t ask me. It’s a tough little cookie, though.

Honestly, I’m not sure what all these deconstructions mean for the Switch 2’s future. But seeing its guts in action? That’s kinda, I dunno, mesmerizing. Even if the scanning didn’t throw any new surprises, just matching eyes with this miniature metropolis inside made my day.

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