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At the heart of the Tegra solution are eight independent processors—including the world’s first dual-core CPU for mobile applications. The processors are used together or independently to optimise power consumption. Thanks to the ultra-low-power design, Tegra processors can play up to 16 hours of HD video or 140 hours of music without recharging the battery.
Features at a glance
* Support for a 3D touchscreen
* Adobe Flash 10.1 acceleration for video streaming and 3D games
* Four to eight times better resolution than conventional smartphones
* Support for display sizes from 5 to 15 inches
The next Tegra generation opens a new dimension in mobile-computing performance through:
* The world’s first dual-core CPU (ARM Cortex A9) at up to 1 GHz
* Eight independent processors for web browsing, HD video encoding and decoding, and mobile 3D gaming
* Ten times the speed of current smartphone processors and up to four times the performance of the previous Tegra processor generation
* TSMC 40 nm process with Active Power Management
The Tegra Developer Kit is available to developers at http://www.developer.nvidia.com/tegra. It enables them to design applications for Tegra-based devices such as tablet PCs, smartbooks and smartphones.
At CES 2010, NVIDIA is presenting several revolutionary mobile solutions based on the new Tegra generation at stand 35912 in South Hall 4.
Among them, NVIDIA is presenting a Full HD tablet-PC solution for 4G wireless networks. It was jointly developed by Seattle engineering company Innovative Converged Devices (ICD), NVIDIA, Verizon Wireless and Motorola. Its components are an ICD tablet PC, an NVIDIA Tegra processor and a Motorola 4G wireless modem. Communication is intended to take place over the 4G LTE network announced by Verizon Wireless.
