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Do you remember when the rumours started about a new model of the DS, and how less than a week later, the DSi was officially announced? Do you remember how that happened even though we all screamed "unfounded rumour" and found a whole bunch of arguments as to why such a thing was completely impossible?

Here comes another rumour, and another DS model, and right now, I am almost willing to believe it.

This time, there's no dodgy magazine scans or piecemeal Japanese translations; the rumour comes courtesy of a "confidential source" at GPU manufacturer nVidia, who told a reported that the company had won a contract with Nintendo to supply the new handheld console's processor.

The company apparently won the contract by proposing a single-chip system in the form of a Tegra System-On-Chip processor, which appealed to Nintendo's keep-it-simple aesthetic over rival's offerings. Theoretically, a Tegra chip could support backwards compatibility with current DS and DSi software.

The same source apparently implied a late 2010 debut for the new hardware.

Via BSN.