nVidia Tegra 2 chipset announced

As it was expected nVidia just announced their Tegra 2 chipset based on a Dual Cortex9 ARM core (Android, Windows CE, Windows Mobile and Chrome OS compatible). This is a giant leap from ARM11 Tegra 1.

Highlights / Key Facts:

• Tegra is the power behind the new generation of tablets, offering:
  • 3D touchscreen user interfaces
  • Amazing battery life— always-on and always-connected
  • Adobe Flash Player 10.1 acceleration for streaming video and 3D mobile games
  • Resolution ranging from four-to-eight times that of smartphones
  • Form factors and screen sizes ranging from 5-15 inches
  • Immersive gaming, vivid photos and video, and crystal-clear audio

• Next Generation Tegra is a leap in mobile computing performance with:
  • The world’s first dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU running up to 1GHz
  • Eight independent processors to handle web browsing, HD video encode and decode and mobile 3D gaming
  • 10x faster than the processors used in smartphones today, and up to 4x the performance of the previous generation Tegra processor
  • Advanced TSMC 40nm process with active power management

As it is usually the case with nVidia, the product looks awesome but unfortunately don’t expect any Tegra 2 smartphones in the near future. nVidia sure knows how to hype their products though. The original Tegra chipset was announced 2 years ago and we still haven’t seen it in a commercially available smartphone. The only shipping devices sporting a Tegra 1 are the Zune HD and Samsung M1. nVidia’s problem has always been arrogance (and shady PR/Marketing stunts) and I’m not the least surprised to see that not a single smartphone has shipped with a Tegra chipset inside (yet). The biggest disadvantage compared to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon is, IMO, the lack of cellular modem & aGPS receiver in the SOC. Anyway, head over here for an in-depth analysis of Tegra 2, but beware, Anand’s article sounds a lot like an nVidia ad…

The first product packing a Tegra 2 is the Boxee Box from D-link

Source: nVidia