CT Scan Reveals Layer-by-Layer Internals of Nintendo Switch 2, Highlighting Nvidia Tegra SoC

Man, you know when you’re just browsing Reddit and you stumble on something so wild that you can’t help but dive into it? Yeah, that was me the other day with this whole Nintendo Switch 2 thing. Okay, picture this: someone actually put the Switch 2 through a CT scan. I mean, I barely know what a CT scan does to humans, let alone instruments, but the curiosity got the better of me.

Some Reddit user—I think their name was something like Scan-of-the-month, which legit made me chuckle—posted these mind-blowing pics. They’ve done this before with other gadgets too, like AirPods and some device called a Flipper Zero. Why? Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe they just really dig seeing inside stuff. I’m guessing right now they’re probably eyeing their toaster.

Anyway, this image of Nintendo’s new gadget was floating around. Imagine slicing a cake to see all those layers without wrecking the whole thing—that’s sorta what this looked like. There’s this Tegra chip from Nvidia at the heart of it all. It’s like the brain, I guess? And get this: there’s this giant 5220mAh battery. What size is that even? I’m just imagining it as a big ol’ box of juice powering our gaming adventures.

Then there’s a bunch of other tech bits, but if I’m honest, some terms went right over my head. MediaTek something for Wi-Fi—or was it for Bluetooth? Maybe both? Probably both. There are these two little memory thingies from SK Hynix, and some Realtek chip for audio that I didn’t know I needed to know about.

And you know tech enthusiasts—they can’t just look, right? Some folks even took to smashing the Switch 2 screen to see how tough it was. Fifty times with pliers! Not even sure why, but hey, people are wild. Meanwhile, the more sensible ones did a proper teardown, slowly and elegantly dissecting the device. There’s a chip in there labeled GGMLX30-A1—I have no idea what that stands for, but it sounds important.

So yeah, while this whole CT scan thing didn’t reveal groundbreaking secrets, there’s something weirdly satisfying about seeing the guts of your gaming console laid bare for all to see. It’s like peeking at the director’s notes of your favorite movie—just kinda neat.

If you’re into hardware, you might already be in the loop. But if you’re like me, someone who just kinda stumbled into this tech village, welcome. Enjoy the randomness—it’s oddly fascinating.