NVIDIA Announces "Tegra" Processor to Improve Smartphone Capability Dramatically

According to NVIDIA 's announcement, using the "Tegra" announced this time, you can play 130 hours of audio and 30 hours of HD video on small portable devices such as smartphones, It will be possible to operate games that require vigorous and high speed movement. It is said that it can be used for several days with a single charge because it has succeeded in drastically increasing the processing speed and drastically reducing the power consumption as much.

This may greatly increase the usability of Windows Mobile products.

Details are as below.
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This is a logo


Chip size image


This chip of Atom seems to be the same as Tegra of this size. It is amazing.


It becomes like this when sticking to the board


According to NVIDIA, Tegra employs a completely computer-on-chip architecture developed from scratch, consuming one hundredth the power consumption. The NVIDIA Tegra 650 processor is the second product in the Tegra product line, and the first NVIDIA Tegra APX 2500 processor seems to be the driving force for the next generation smartphone compatible with Windows Mobile. It is said that we plan to ship to the market within the year.

Also, by adopting ultra low power processor architecture, it realizes power efficiency up to 10 times that of existing products. This supports 130 hours of audio playback and 30 hours of HD video playback. In addition, HD image processing also supports advanced digital camera function and HD camcorder function, the display supports 1080p HDMI, WSXGA + LCD and CRT, NTSC / PAL TV output. In addition, it directly supports peripheral devices such as WiFi, disk driver, keyboard, and mouse. This will enable comprehensive board support package (BSP) and shorten the time to market for designs using Windows Mobile.

As evolutionary direction it is


Feeling that the contents of only this one are posted on one chip


Future plans


If this is introduced to the market, it seems that the smartphone relation seems to change a lot.