Next Nintendo DS Might Get A Huge Speed Boost From Tegra
The Nintendo DS is great, but seriously underpowered. That could change in the next version though, thanks to a little help from the same processor that drives the Zune HD.
It’s rumoured that Nvidia has won a contract to supply Nintendo with Tegra chips for the next generation DS. The specific chip Nintendo plans on using is unknown, so we don’t know exactly how powerful the next model could be. Considering the current DS runs on two incredibly slow processors, any Tegra would be a huge boost in power.
As a bonus, the source reports that the new hardware should allow backwards compatibility. Hopefully not à la PSP Go, where backwards compatibility really means you have to buy all the games you already own again. [Bright Side of the News via Electronista]
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“Hopefully not à la PSP Go, where backwards compatibility really means you have to buy all the games you already own again.”
Nintendo have already been using this form of ‘backwards compatibility’ for the last 20 years?
you mean how the constantly re-release the same Pokemon game with slightly better graphics and a different color/precious stone on the end of the title?