At present development of Mobile processors sector is at boom. Nvidia has always been recognized distinctly for doing something ahead of time. Nvidia stands on this reputation. They unveiled Tegra 2 the latest of their Mobile processors, during CES 2010. According to me this time Nvidia rocked the mobile market.
Hardware of Tegra 2
The previous Tegra processor was a system-on-chip for handheld devices. The Tegra 2 is a heterogeneous design. It incorporates a Cortex-A9 CPU from ARM. Tegra 2 is the first dual core A9 processor clocked at 500 MHz plus a low-power GPU. Tegra 2 is 40nm where as 65nm used in earlier. I was speechless on learning that this processor can outdo the Intel Atom 1.6 GHz processor.
Performance of Tegra 2
Unreal 3 engine was easily run on Tegra 2 processor. It is capable of good quality 3D rendering, playing 1080p HD video for 10 hour on battery and 140 hours of music if the display is off. The latest 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU cannot play 1080p HD video. Tegra 2 amazes me by this capability.
Upcoming devices with Tegra 2
ICD Ultra Android Tablet
It has 7-inch touchscreen with integrated 3G connection, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1. This device is equipt with mini-HDMI slot so that you can port your video to HD panel. The OS of ICD Ultra is Android 2.1. Some important additional features that I saw are accelerometer, embedded light sensor and 1.3 MP camera. It is rumored that by the mid 2010, 4G networks are to be launched in America. ICD is trying to incorporate this device with 4G compatibility.
This tablet is be sold at 249$.It will be commercial released by the mid of 2010.
Quanta Tegra 2 tablet
This is a prototype shown in CSE 2010.Quanta running on Android 2.1 OS. This device has HDMI port for output to a HD display panel. The design also incorporates 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity.The release date is not declared yet.
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