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Tegra 3 will give tablets full High Definition
AN UNOFFICIAL announcement about Nvidia's plans for its Tegra chipset has been made, unsurprisingly in the run up to Mobile World Congress.
Of all the things that could be unofficially announced by a website close to Nvidia, or leaked, *cough*, the Nvidia roadmap for mobile processors is probably one we could have expected, considering the way the industry works.
And like so much material that is said to be a leak, if you look around you can find bits of it that have been leaked before. Tegra 2 has been around for ages, Tegra 2 3D was widely reported a few weeks ago, and earlier this month the Tegra 3 got a mention as probably tipping up later this year.
So what is new? Well the specifications on the Tegra 3 could be new. But one wonders how relevant they will be. For tablets the unofficially announced Tegra 3 statistics say 1.5GHz for the tablet chip, but no clock speed is given for the phone processor.
What does stand out are the High Definition display capabilities, with the tablet version getting 1920x1200 resolution and the phone chip 1366x768. Sounds great at first glance, full HD 1080p for the tablet and HD 720p for the phone, but then do we really believe handset screens will be able to display HD 720p in 2012?
Plenty of devices can output HD 720p or HD 1080p, but none on sale so far can actually show on their screen that level of resolution. So after all that, what did we learn? The answer is, not a heck of a lot.
Once again graphs never before seen generate a lot of interest and much linking but ultimately provide little information. Does it really matter? Companies get publicity and websites get hits, so everybody is happy.
Nvidia wasn't available for comment, but we can probably guess that its answer is "we don't comment on rumour". And no doubt that's true, even if it is information that it 'leaked' itself. µ
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Really? Nvidia stock price?
Mobile revolution?
I guess you were correct a couple of months ago but started drinking the green koolaid like the rest.
Do you in your right mind HONESTLY think that...
Intel with its might & unlimited cash flow will just let nvidia dominate mobile computing? Will AMD let them? Granted AMD have a restricted budget but never count out the underdog.
Forget Intel & AMD...you think the likes of TI, Marvell, Qualcomm & Samsung will just let nvidia runaway with the smartphone market?
TI, Qualcomm have been the mobile space more than nvidia surely they too know what the mobile space needs etc.
Nvidia is just bloating stuff up like their usual self...
I'm not on a nvidia hate crusade but all this hoop-la-boo about Tegra 3!? When you don't even see their Tegra 2 chip in 2% of the total smartphones/tables at this moment!
We'll wait & see for sure but this is just needless show boating from nvidia.
What is new about Tegra3? It's just the next step, evolutionary and not revolutionary; but, on teh other hand, nothing announced yet is a 'better' mobile SoC, so why would you think some unannounced product will be unvieled, get design wins, and appear so far ahead of Tegra3 that Tegra3 will be considered out of date?
At the rate that manufacture adopting new technologies, and their sale/marketing strategies. It properly will take 10 years for us to see any product.
By that time, it will be out-of-dated. And of coz, those people will brand it as "state-of-the-art" tech with premium pricing.
I don't care what there Rob Cop insinuated, he is in my IGNORE list for his boring stup!d posts. Even Santa did not bring him his netbook for Christmas. But will tell you: my reaction 2-3 months ago was approximately the same - what the h@ll is NVIDIA doing. But you are wrong. Wrong together with Intel, AMD, MS.
You've just missed beginning of mobile computing revolution same way like mainframe, mini and supercomputer's people 30 years ago missed personal computers.
NVIDIA 3 and 2 are actually amazing chips. And NVIDIA is one of future giants if this Troika above will not recover quick. Look at NVIDIA stock prices btw.
Honestly...just classic nvidia...blowing stuff up...
Where the heck are Tegra 2 devices under $300!?
Since these shmucks are selling Tegra 2 for $13 to OEM's...
All you got is that Motrola Xoom tablet...LG Optimus 2x...both are well above $500...
Who would give a crap about this probably some idiot hardcore nvidia fanboys!
I don't care about Tegra 3 or Tegra 2 3D nvidia first bring out some devices with your frigging chip at a good price.
After-all isn't that what ARM gives? Good price/Less power consumption.
If this trend continues to hell with ARM...
I'll be content with my x86 Atom or Fusion netbook coming in for $300....
Why would you wanna watch FullHD or 720p HD on a 7 inch screen anyway? Retarded.
Don't tell me that you can hook it up to your TV...most TV's now already come with USB ports with MKV/Hi-Def playback support.
No nvidia take your frigging tegra & stick it where the Sun don't shine.
Had enough of your psycho babble for this entire month...Tegra this & that screw you & your TEGRA garbage!
Nice, if it actually works; maybe 12" Tablets.
If it has to use an external monitor, we may see the beginning of portable computing, with monitors having a cradle/docking station attached; or an inbuilt projector.
The *rumored* dell opus one (dell streak sucesor) may have a 1200*800 screen, just a few pixels shy of 1366*768, so screens may be available to handle this kind of tech. Or Dell will give up on the streak entirely.
In any case, I don't think 1366*768 for a smartphone is unreasonable in the next couple of years. And given that Tegra2 is still getting design wins, it's not unreasonable to think that Tegra3 will get wins a couple of years from now.
In other words, Nvidia is about to roll out their next gen hardware for next gen devices, not for today's devices.
"Plenty of devices can output HD 720p or HD 1080p, but none on sale so far can actually show on their screen that level of resolution."
A device that has an HDMI port can use an external display to output full HD on a TV screen - if the video chipset is capable of it.
as most of the work is offloaded onto it. Reportedly the PowerVR SGX543 (which can be added as to SOC designs) is already able to manage it in conjunction with much less capable Cortex A8 and A9 CPUs.