tegra 3 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:45:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png tegra 3 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 A quick peak at the Google Nexus 7 https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/android/jules/androids-attack-apple-nexus-7-in-action/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/android/jules/androids-attack-apple-nexus-7-in-action/#respond Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:00:47 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=102318 While the debate about whether Samsung copied Apple or Apple copied Samsung rages away in California, Google has decided to put its paw in the water with a low cost tablet of its own. Before our mobile expert Blair McClelland publishes a full, indepth analysis of the tablet within the next couple of weeks let …

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While the debate about whether Samsung copied Apple or Apple copied Samsung rages away in California, Google has decided to put its paw in the water with a low cost tablet of its own. Before our mobile expert Blair McClelland publishes a full, indepth analysis of the tablet within the next couple of weeks let us take an early peak at the Nexus 7.

Putting the App Store to one side, Apple's killer sales tactic with the iPad was Steve Jobs' total lack of fear when it comes to putting a high price on a product. The initial iPad was quite good, but when prices averaged around £500, the Chinese-Taiwanese army of me-to-manufacturers set to work creating a variety of similar products for a lot less cash.

Around the time these new tablets were being manufactured in volume, at the start of 2011, Apple launched the iPad 2 and that was all she wrote. “Nine times faster and three times thinner”, said Jobs. The fat lady sang several lullabies and warehouses across the world had stock sitting in them which would not possibly compete with Apple's new gizmo. The companies that had produced the tablets set about marketing in the only way they know how – price cutting. But Apple's model is not built on price – it's built on quality, reputation and the complete Apple eco-system.

That begs the question, “Does any other company have the brand, reputation for quality, vision of the future and huge bundles of cash with which to fight Apple ?”

The answer is ‘yes' if your name is Samsung or, in this case, Google – and so the Nexus 7 was born. Before we go into detail about the new product, our experience with it and our gut feel as to whether it can succeed, here are some shots that set the scene around what could be Tegra 3's finest hour to date.

Order Monday afternoon and it arrives Tuesday morning. Packaging is simple and attractive - while the whole unpacking experience says 'quality'. Given that Asus had 4 months to turn Nexus 7 from dream to production reality - it's an impressive offer.

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Size-wise, Google's Nexus 7 is in a completely different class to the iPad. Much more 'pocket-size-portable'.

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Edge on, design has been kept to a minimum - with fewer buttons than many phones. The outside rim is brushed metal and the reverse has an appealing 'textured plastic' feel with Asus and Nexus embossing.

Having moved from zero to hero in around 4 months, Google have gone on record to say that no other manufacturer could have delivered this level of result in the time available.

Asus' chairman, Jonney Shih, claims that his engineering teams felt ‘tortured' and, to help ensure success, Asus deployed top engineers at Google sites around the globe. This integrated the design process between the two companies and allowed them to have a genuine 24-hour design process.

Taken at face value, we'd assume that Asus engineers in Asia Pacific (APAC) would hand over to Europe (EMEA) and then the Americas – before another 8 hours passed and APAC was back on the case. Impressive stuff.

While there is no doubting Apple's power in the market, Google's operating system is now close to 1 million activations a day across the globe. It's hard to imagine any business engaging with new customers at that rate and, with the liquid flux development available to open source projects, you have to wonder if new products like the Nexus 7 are more ‘there to cash in on software sales' or ‘to provide direction on what's possible and where Apple might be weak'.

The familiar connectivity of these devices will alienate less people that Apple's traditionally proprietary approach

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Booting your Nexus 7 brings one tiny moment of doubt - when you see the cross for the first time and wonder whether something might have gone wrong with your new toy - but the actual experience was silky smooth for a first time user

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It's all about fast connectivity - so you hit up a router almost immediately upon booting

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The interface is simple and obvious, the touch screen Apple-like in its responsiveness

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We only hit a snag when accessing the web. While access speed is fast and the screen is clear and bright - the unit does not seem to automatically change orientation for web browsing - which was a big surprise given its Invensense MPU-6050

.Given that the electronics which understand movement and orientation etc are experiencing a huge boom – it was a surprise to turn the Nexus 7 sideways and for it not to spin the screen into the much more useful landscape mode. a little research on this subject (carried out on the Nexus 7, naturally), revealed that you can install an app to force orientations.

Ultimate Rotation Control is available on Google Play for just 99c (around 65p in old money), which begs the question “Why not simply pre-install it?”

The answer probably lies in Google's pricing for the Nexus 7. At just £159, it's hard to understand how they have managed to make this tablet possible at all. Here's a quick look at the technology you get for your money:-

  • ARM Cortex A9 Quad Core Processor kicking along at 1.2GHz
  • nVidia GeForce ULP running at 416MHz with its 12 core architecture
  • 1GB of DDR3 Memory
  • 8GB Flash Memory
  • 7″ backlit IPS display with scratch resistant glass and a 1280×800 resolution that refreshed at a rock solid 60Hz
  • You get b/g/n compatible Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0
  • There is a front facing 1.2 mega pixel camera
  • The unit comes pre-installed with Jelly Bean (4.1 version of Google's Android operating system)

The device is available now for just £159 on the Google Play store, but you can't get around the shipping charge – so don't expect much change from £170.

The only question remaining for us was, “Can Microsoft mount any kind of sensible challenge to this new generation of well made, well supported, well priced portable computing solution?”

Keep your eyes peeled on Kitguru, our mobile expert Blair McClelland has the Nexus 7 in hand and a full, indepth analysis will be forthcoming within the next couple of weeks.

KitGuru says: Buy a really cool phone and the price is often subsidised by your connectivity contract. The Nexus 7 works straight out of the box, so you can only assume that there is no profit in the product. On that basis alone, it's got to be worth considering. The sub-£200 end of the tablet PC market has, until now, contained some very questionable products – which the Nexus 7 will blow comfortably out of the water. If you can get your hands on one – we'd recommend you give it a spin. This is quite possibly the most useful device the Asus mobile team has produced to date.

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Asus Transformer Pad TF300T Android Tablet Review https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-reviews/henry-butt/asus-transformer-pad-tf300t-android-tablet-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-reviews/henry-butt/asus-transformer-pad-tf300t-android-tablet-review/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:02:29 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=100092 At KitGuru we test quite a wide range of products from numerous manufacturers.  It would be fair to say that we look at many products from Asus but they are usually high-end motherboards or graphics cards designed with overclockers and gamers in mind. Asus have their fingers in many more pies, though, one of which …

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At KitGuru we test quite a wide range of products from numerous manufacturers.  It would be fair to say that we look at many products from Asus but they are usually high-end motherboards or graphics cards designed with overclockers and gamers in mind. Asus have their fingers in many more pies, though, one of which is tablets.

Today we are going to look at the Asus Transformer Pad TF300T which is designed to fill the space in the market between tablets and laptops.  We would say that it’s a little closer to being a tablet rather than a laptop, however, as it features the latest version of Android and is powered by Nvidia's latest Tegra 3 chip.

Features

  • Concentric finished pattern with stylish colours in Royal Blue, Iceberg White and Torch Red
  • Mobile Dock with USB & SD card ports extends battery life up to 15 hours
  • NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 4-Plus-1™ Quad Core CPU with 12-core GPU for lowest power and the highest performance
  • Crystal clear 8MP auto-focus camera with 5-element lens, large F/2.2 aperture & back-illuminated CMOS sensor
  • Superior audio experience with ASUS SonicMaster technology
  • 178° wide viewing angle IPS panel
  • The latest Android™ 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS
  • Pre-loaded exclusive SuperNote app for taking notes using drawings, photos or videos
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ZTE to release the “most advanced gaming smartphone” next week https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/blair-mcclelland/zte-to-release-most-advanced-gaming-smartphone/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/blair-mcclelland/zte-to-release-most-advanced-gaming-smartphone/#respond Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:32:54 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=99884 There are two little known, but fast moving Chinese phone manufacturers. One is Huawei, while the other one tends to make those cheap-as-chips smartphones that are re-branded at the carrier's request. The company in question is ZTE and they announced on Twitter yesterday that “The countdown has begun! 6 days left until you can have one of …

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There are two little known, but fast moving Chinese phone manufacturers. One is Huawei, while the other one tends to make those cheap-as-chips smartphones that are re-branded at the carrier's request. The company in question is ZTE and they announced on Twitter yesterday that “The countdown has begun! 6 days left until you can have one of the MOST ADVANCED GAMING SMARTPHONES in your hands!”

The first thing my mind jumps to when hearing this is the possibility of another phone like the Sony Xperia Play. While it was a great concept it didn't pack the hardware or have access to enough high quality games to deliver. However, over a year on from the mediocrity that the Xperia Play was, an Nvidia Tegra 3 powered smartphone with a gamepad could sell well. During Mobile World Congress earlier in the year they did talk about a Tegra 3 device so anything is possible.

KitGuru says: If it is going to be the “most advanced gaming smartphone” it's going to have to have a powerful chipset and a decent gamepad. Anything less and it'll flop just like the last gaming smartphone. Either way it is just five days until we find out.

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Tegra 3 to be in 30 smartphones this year, LTE integration coming https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/blair-mcclelland/tegra-3-to-be-in-30-smartphones-this-year-lte-integration-coming/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/blair-mcclelland/tegra-3-to-be-in-30-smartphones-this-year-lte-integration-coming/#respond Fri, 25 May 2012 10:32:07 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=92365 Nvidia has just released some further information in addition to its Kai tablet platform, its Tegra 3 chipset will be in 30 smartphones by the end of the year. This number doesn't include tablets such as the recently reviewed Asus Transformer Prime. This number is twice as many as what its predecessor, Tegra 2, had. However …

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Nvidia has just released some further information in addition to its Kai tablet platform, its Tegra 3 chipset will be in 30 smartphones by the end of the year. This number doesn't include tablets such as the recently reviewed Asus Transformer Prime. This number is twice as many as what its predecessor, Tegra 2, had. However don't expect all thirty phones to be available in your region, many will likely be regional variants for overseas markets.

These Tegra 3 smartphones will also be cheaper than the various Tegra based phones that were available last year. Just under half of them will have a transfer price (not quite the same as retail price) of under $300, compared to Tegra 2's zero.

The "Grey" platform will begin the marriage between Tegra and Icera chips

Also today, Nvidia announced their first LTE modem products are their taking over of Icera. So far, we have had to rely on Qualcomm's various Snapdragon chipsets for LTE support. The HTC One XL is the LTE version of the One X and replaces the Tegra 3 chipset with one of Qualcomm's latest designs. The Icera 410 and 500 LTE/HSPA+ were announced today. The Icera 410 has been validated for use on AT&T's LTE network and will most likely be restrained to tablets as it isn't an all-in-one solution.

The Icera 500 is the 410's successor and is also where the fun begins. It brings with it next generation LTE speeds and also marks the unification of the Tegra and Icera product lines, although the Icera 500 chip will be able to be found separate from the mobile SoC. The “Grey” chipset with integrated LTE won't arrive until 2013 but standalone Icera chips will make their way into products later this year.

KitGuru says: Grey will be one of many chipsets to keep an eye on over the next year.

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nVidia not satisfied with 12″ – Jen Hsun wants more https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/jules/nvidia-not-satisfied-with-12-jen-hsun-wants-more/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/jules/nvidia-not-satisfied-with-12-jen-hsun-wants-more/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:04:46 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=87661 When all nVidia did was graphic chips for graphic cards, there was always a decent amount of production capacity available in the world. Now that it's busy pioneering in the phone sector – the numbers have caught Jen Hsun's gang out. They need more and they're gasping for it. KitGuru has a look under the …

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When all nVidia did was graphic chips for graphic cards, there was always a decent amount of production capacity available in the world. Now that it's busy pioneering in the phone sector – the numbers have caught Jen Hsun's gang out. They need more and they're gasping for it. KitGuru has a look under the sheets to see what's required for total satisfaction.

There has been a lot of talk recently about processes, confidence, shrinkage and capacity.

TSMC is one of the biggest and more advanced manufacturing operations in the world. For many years, it was the weapon supplier to both nVidia and ATI/AMD for the GeForce/Radeon processors that gamers across the world desired for fast-action gaming. Now that the market (for nVidia, at least) is moving toward mobile phone chips – can TSMC keep up with demand?

The gap in numbers between graphic cards and phones is huge. In the UK alone, 2012 will see the sale of millions of smartphones – while the total market for graphic cards (in stores as well as pre-installed in locally built PCs), is highly unlikely to touch 600,000.

One of the solutions to this gap in demand/supply, is to make chips faster and faster.

TSMC is doing its bit here, by building bigger and better FABrication plants as fast as its builders will allow. But that might not be enough.

Word into KitGuru from Rick Merritt at EETimes is that when nVidia CEO Jen Hsun Huang discusses solutions to the problems of tomorrow with smart cookies like Sameer Halepete, VP for VLSI engineering at Nvidia, then he's demanding something much bigger in the silicon department.

Halepete has ben quoted as saying, “The industry needs to move to 450mm wafers to deal with the increasing number of masks and process steps required to make chips. The larger wafers would spread the costs out among more chips and reduce the processing time per chip”.
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For our European readers, the present FABs tend to run with 300mm wafers (approx 12″), but the industry is starting to look at availability on 450mm (which is closer to 18″).
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But the move at TSMC might not come quick enough. Halapete believes that TSMC may not get to 450mm wafers until after the introduction of 14nm processes.
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If TSMC starts to practice with 450mm in 2014/15, then we could expect mass production around 2 years later.
Samsung has been playing with 450mm wafers for a while - initially to supply Captain America with shields

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KitGuru says: With Samsung and IBM pushing money into fabrication the way a phat Guru of the Kit pushes marshmallows into his waiting mouth, what does the future of mobile chip production hold for nVidia and TSMC? Can Samsung make its ‘total supply and production chain control' stick?

Comment below or in the KitGuru forums.

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Nvidia’s Kepler coming to a smartphone near you? https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/blair-mcclelland/nvidias-kepler-coming-to-a-smartphone-near-you/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/blair-mcclelland/nvidias-kepler-coming-to-a-smartphone-near-you/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:32:30 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=84378 Over the weekend Nvidia dropped the NDA on it's Geforce GTX 680 graphics card based on their new Kepler architecture. Which in the case of the GTX 680, Kepler beats the AMD competition, the 7970 on many levels with some degree of ease. As a result of a successful launch (excluding a disgruntled Tweaktown,) Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun …

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Over the weekend Nvidia dropped the NDA on it's Geforce GTX 680 graphics card based on their new Kepler architecture. Which in the case of the GTX 680, Kepler beats the AMD competition, the 7970 on many levels with some degree of ease. As a result of a successful launch (excluding a disgruntled Tweaktown,) Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang sent out an email to all employees. In the email he hints at the Kepler architecture coming to superphones in the future.

“Today is just the beginning of Kepler. Because of its super energy-efficient architecture, we will extend GPUs into datacenters, to super thin notebooks, to superphones. Not to mention bring joy and delight to millions of gamers around the world.

Kepler could be in your next smartphone and not just a part of your next PC upgrade


Naturally Nvidia aren't going to put a 200W+ chip into a phone, so obviously there must be some close integration going on between the Geforce and Tegra engineers over at Nvidia HQ. Reasonable estimates is that we might see Kepler in top of the line smartphones early next year when Tegra 4 could be made public.

Kitguru says: Mobile technology is advancing at an enormous pace; I wonder how much longer Nvidia, Qualcomm and others can keep this up.

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LG’s X3 smartphone will pack in a Tegra 3 chipset https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/blair-mcclelland/lgs-x3-smartphone-will-pack-in-a-tegra-3-chipset/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/blair-mcclelland/lgs-x3-smartphone-will-pack-in-a-tegra-3-chipset/#respond Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:42:47 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=79038 In the second LG smartphone related leak in as many days (the first being the successor to the Optimus 3D,) the upcoming X3 has been shown off with some specification and benchmark information. The upcoming and presumably flagship LG smartphone will run on the mighty powerful Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset, just like the HTC Endeavour. Also, like …

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In the second LG smartphone related leak in as many days (the first being the successor to the Optimus 3D,) the upcoming X3 has been shown off with some specification and benchmark information.

The upcoming and presumably flagship LG smartphone will run on the mighty powerful Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset, just like the HTC Endeavour. Also, like the Endeavour the X3 will have a 4.7 inch 1280×720 display. Other specifications include a 8 MP camera with an instantaneous shutter feature. It will have 16 GB of storage plus an MicroSD expansion slot and a healthy 2000 mAh battery to power the big HD screen.

LG's X3 will be one of the first quad-core Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) smartphones and as such will be sure to pack a big performance punch. Yesterday a new version of the popular (but outlawed by many) Quadrant benchmark application was released on the Android Market and it was run on a X3. The LG smartphone scored a very strong score of 4412 while Phonearena's dual-core LG Optimus LTE managed a score of just 2514.

Kitguru says: Welcome to the year of quad-core smartphones, although they may not be overly beneficial in real life usage right now, they can always be used as a strong bragging point.

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HTC to reveal flagship Endeavour at MWC https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/smartphone/blair-mcclelland/htc-to-reveal-flagship-endeavour-at-mwc/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/smartphone/blair-mcclelland/htc-to-reveal-flagship-endeavour-at-mwc/#respond Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:32:03 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=78339 While many Android fans may be focused on the upcoming and reportedly delayed Samsung Galaxy S III we still cannot ignore HTC's own smartphones. Their upcoming flagship is rumoured to be the HTC Endeavour (referred to as the Edge in this article) and is destined to be powered by Nvidia's Tegra 3 chipset. The 1.5 …

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While many Android fans may be focused on the upcoming and reportedly delayed Samsung Galaxy S III we still cannot ignore HTC's own smartphones. Their upcoming flagship is rumoured to be the HTC Endeavour (referred to as the Edge in this article) and is destined to be powered by Nvidia's Tegra 3 chipset.

Will the Endeavour be able to beat the Samsung Galaxy S III?

The 1.5 GHz quad-core CPU is backed up by a 4.7 inch 720p display, 1 GB of RAM and 32 GB of built-in storage plus a MicroSD slot is likely.

Camera wise there will be a high quality 8 MP f/2.2 lens and 1080p video recording. The Endeavour will also have an unspecified front facing camera. There will also be quad-band 3G support and for some of our American readers there will likely be a LTE version.

The Endeavour will come running on the lastest Android iteration, Ice Cream Sandwich, with HTC's custom interface Sense running over the top.

The upcoming flagship Android from HTC will be announced at Mobile World Congress later this month with retail availability beginning later this year.

Kitguru says: I am genuinely excited to see who wins the battle for the best Android smartphone; the Endeavour or the Galaxy S III.  It is only a matter of time before we get to find out for ourselves.

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HTC waves goodbye to Qualcomm exclusivity https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/android/blair-mcclelland/htc-waves-goodbye-to-qualcomm-exclusivity/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/android/blair-mcclelland/htc-waves-goodbye-to-qualcomm-exclusivity/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:48:10 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=78083 From the very first HTC manufactured Android smartphone, the Dream, to the present day HTC has only used Qualcomm chipsets in its Android smartphones and tablets. This will soon change; rumours of a Tegra 3 powered smartphone have been floating around the world wide web for a few months and it now appears that HTC has placed …

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From the very first HTC manufactured Android smartphone, the Dream, to the present day HTC has only used Qualcomm chipsets in its Android smartphones and tablets. This will soon change; rumours of a Tegra 3 powered smartphone have been floating around the world wide web for a few months and it now appears that HTC has placed an order with Nvidia.

This move to Nvidia's Tegra chipsets is believed to be a result of a new strategy within the Taiwanese phone company as result of a poor 2011.  In 2011 they focused too much on the LTE market in the US and showed little love to the international Android enthusiasts. As a result, HTC had poor financial results in the last two quarters of the year.

A reported picture of the HTC Edge - Source

The Tegra 3 powered smartphone is rumoured to be the upcoming HTC flagship smartphone currently know as the Edge, not to be mistaken with the U2 guitarist.  While details are scarce at the moment it will likely have a 720p screen and launch with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It is assumed that it will be announced at Mobile World Congress to be held in Barcelona at the end of this month.

Kitguru says: HTC are looking to regain their lead at the top of the Android totem pole and with strong competition from Samsung, the battle between manufacturers could get interesting in 2012.

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nVidia’s quick move to 28nm secures laptop business for 2012 https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/harrison/nvidias-quick-move-to-28nm-secures-laptop-business-for-2012/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/harrison/nvidias-quick-move-to-28nm-secures-laptop-business-for-2012/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:00:19 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=67618 The launch of Fermi (GTX480) was a wake up call for nVidia CEO Jen Hsun Huang and co. While the huge GPU satisfies a gamer's willy-waving urges, it seemed a little out of place with the economic downturn and global warming worries. The new Kepler series has a different psychology. Will it help nVidia take …

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The launch of Fermi (GTX480) was a wake up call for nVidia CEO Jen Hsun Huang and co. While the huge GPU satisfies a gamer's willy-waving urges, it seemed a little out of place with the economic downturn and global warming worries. The new Kepler series has a different psychology. Will it help nVidia take market share?

The weakened processing capability of the iPad, combined with incredible battery life, has shown the work where the future lies. Laptop manufacturers need to be able to show extensive battery life – alongside a full feature set.

While the Tegra 3 chip is looking to be a bit of a darling in the ultra-portable/entry-level space, nVidia sees Kepler technology winning back some of the mainstream laptop market.

As KitGuru regulars know, the UK market is now almost 3:1 in favour of laptops over desktops. Once a 1.3 million unit business, it's possible that the UK market for desktop graphics cards could dip below 600,000 for the first time in 2012.

With all of the growth coming in the mobile sector, performance per watt will become key. AMD's DX11 launch ensured a huge amount of 3D success in both the desktop and mobile space, but nVidia has been fighting back – while Intel pushes hard to improve its own offering at the same time.

So what is being claimed?  Well, nVidia's move to the 500 series was a marked improvement over the original Fermi 400 series. For the Kepler/600 series, they have targeted themselves to achieve a 300% improvement in performance per watt. Laudable ambition – but only time (and the KitGuru Lab) will be able to tell if it has succeeded.

Either way, the consumer is going to be a winner, with the kind of mobile solution being offered at Christmas 2012 looking certain to be streets ahead of December 2011.

Just like the classic tail itself, the 3 Marketeers of Otellini, Read and Huang have been joined by a fourth. ARM's Warren East

KitGuru says: Will we see a huge numbers battle in 2012? Will the combined marketeers of Intel, nVidia and AMD attempt to engage us in a war of MEGA/GIGA/TERA FLOPs per Watt?   We await the battle of the next-gen charts with eager anticipation.

Comments below or in the KitGuru forums.

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nVidia Tegra 3 – quad core ARM Cortex A9 for mobile world https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/carl/nvidia-tegra-3-quad-core-arm-cortex-a9-for-mobile-world/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/carl/nvidia-tegra-3-quad-core-arm-cortex-a9-for-mobile-world/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:11:25 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=30868 Bright Side Of News have acquired a slide, showing Tegra 3 in two configurations, one for tablets and one for smartphones. The tablet version will have 4 ARM Cortex A9 processors that can be clocked as high as 1.5 GHZ, a graphics processor thats three times as fast as whats inside Tegra 2 today. It …

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Bright Side Of News have acquired a slide, showing Tegra 3 in two configurations, one for tablets and one for smartphones.

The tablet version will have 4 ARM Cortex A9 processors that can be clocked as high as 1.5 GHZ, a graphics processor thats three times as fast as whats inside Tegra 2 today. It can also support resolutions up to 1920×1200 pixels and will decode Bluray movies. It won't be sampled until Q4 this year and will hit store shelves in the summer of 2012.

The mobile version will be available in dual or quad core configurations and will support resolutions up to 1366×768 pixels. The release date is scheduled to be at the same time and more information is due to be pushed out to the press at the Mobile World Congress next month.

KitGuru says: More information, as we get it.

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