Nintendo Switch 2 Undergoes CT Scan Revealing Layered Internals, Featuring Nvidia Tegra SoC Scan

Hey, so, diving into this whole Nintendo Switch 2 thing has been kinda wild. Seriously, the minute it got out there, everyone’s poking around inside like they were hunting Easter eggs or something. Honestly, most of the specs are kind of an open secret, but there’s just this thrill peeking under the lid, you know? Recently, I stumbled on this Reddit post—the kinda stuff you get lost in. Someone did this mega nerdy thing: ran a CT scan on it. Yup, a whole Nintendo Switch 2 inside one of those industrial scan machines.

(Some Redditor named Scan-of-the-month seems to get a kick out of zapping random electronics—like, they’ve done AirPods and some gizmo called Flipper Zero before. I’m not judging. Who hasn’t had a weird hobby, right?)

Anyway, this user tossed up a CT image of the Switch 2 on Reddit. Might wanna scroll down if you’re curious. It’s like looking at a top-secret mission map from some spy movie. You got labels and everything. Biggest surprise? There’s this honkin’ 5220mAh battery shoved inside. And then there’s this Realtek chip, all snug next to it. It’s wild how much they cram in there. You got your MediaTek stuff for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Oh, and some SK Hynix goodies—two 6GB RAMs and 256GB storage. If that means anything to you.

But hey, the real jaw-dropper? The Nvidia SoC! (Sorry, just geeked out a bit.) We all kinda knew it had this Tegra chip doing its thing, but seeing that GGMLX30-A1 engraved on it… there’s a video where they actually zoom in layer by layer. Totally geeky, right?

Now, I heard some folks have a field day just taking the Switch 2 apart like it’s some challenge on a game show. There was this whole thing with someone smashing the screen with pliers. Like, 50 times. For science, I guess? And there’s also a tear-apart video out there that shows how it’s all pieced together. It’s not breaking news, but it’s kinda fascinating.

Honestly, I don’t know what they plan to do with it after all this scanning and smashing, but, man, it’s cool seeing what’s inside. Even if most of it is kinda what we thought we’d see. Makes you wonder what’s next in this handheld saga.