CES 2010: NVIDIA Tegra Processor Powers The Tablet Revolution

NVIDIA today launched its Next Generation Tegra, the world’s first processor for the mobile web, specifically designed for the high-resolution needs of tablets. It's touted as a truly portable, high-resolution, no-compromise Internet experience by combining lightning-quick browsing, streaming 1080p video and Adobe Flash Player 10.1 acceleration and an "immersive 3D user interface" and "days of battery life."

“Without question, 2010 is going to be year of the tablet,” said Tim Bajarin, President, Creative Strategies, Inc. “The new NVIDIA Tegra processor has a unique feature set critical for tablets -- fast web browsing with fully rendered pages, uncompromised graphics, snappy user interface and HD video - all with the battery life we’ve only seen with cell phones.”

Key to Tegra’s capabilities are eight independent processors, including the world’s first dual core CPU for mobile applications. These processors are used together or independently to optimize power usage at all times. With its low-power design, Tegra delivers over 16 hours of HD video or 140 hours of music—on a single charge.

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

• 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