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Re: Nvidia introduces Tegra 3 five-core CPU

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Post by guelo » Wed, Nov 09, 2011, 9:02 AM UTC

jluan wrote: post #2

This is incredible in terms of helping push the technology envelope further, but I'm afraid it's just going to be used in the short term by Android handset OEMs as another selling point to tout in the spec wars. I wish that they would focus on the end-to-end user experience more, rather than putting their own brand of lipstick on Android and trying to win a pointless spec arms race.

That is a weird thing to say. Hardware and software are both advancing as they should.

Re: Nvidia introduces Tegra 3 five-core CPU

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Post by JBiserkov » Wed, Nov 09, 2011, 9:17 AM UTC

Check this whitepaper by nVidia http://www.nvidia.com/content/PDF/tegra_white_papers/Variabl...

Re: Nvidia introduces Tegra 3 five-core CPU

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Post by nikcub » Wed, Nov 09, 2011, 9:18 AM UTC

davidjohnstone wrote: post #10

The faster Flash performance won't be much of a selling point now.

Funny - first thing I thought as well. But the video decoder is just h.264 up to high profile, so it should, in theory, work for html5 video as well

Re: Nvidia introduces Tegra 3 five-core CPU

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Post by nikcub » Wed, Nov 09, 2011, 9:23 AM UTC

Can somebody confirm that it doesn't have wireless (GSM, CMDA, LTE, 802.x, etc.) integrated? This would make it different to the Snapdragon, OMAP, A5 etc. system-on-chip

Re: Nvidia introduces Tegra 3 five-core CPU

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Post by tete » Wed, Nov 09, 2011, 9:47 AM UTC

Watched the video. What exactly is "Competition"?

Re: Nvidia introduces Tegra 3 five-core CPU

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Post by joelthelion » Wed, Nov 09, 2011, 10:00 AM UTC

When can I get this in my laptop?

Re: Nvidia introduces Tegra 3 five-core CPU

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Post by nextparadigms » Wed, Nov 09, 2011, 10:21 AM UTC

nikcub wrote: post #14

Can somebody confirm that it doesn't have wireless (GSM, CMDA, LTE, 802.x, etc.) integrated? This would make it different to the Snapdragon, OMAP, A5 etc. system-on-chip

A5 and OMAP don't have 3G/4G integrated in them. A5 uses Qualcomm's 3G chip. Having a 3G chip integrated is more of an exception in the industry, not the rule. Although everyone seems to be moving in that direction right now. Nvidia also bought a company recently to integrate LTE in their chips in the near future.

Re: Nvidia introduces Tegra 3 five-core CPU

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Post by nextparadigms » Wed, Nov 09, 2011, 10:23 AM UTC

nikcub wrote: post #13

davidjohnstone wrote: post #10

The faster Flash performance won't be much of a selling point now.

Funny - first thing I thought as well. But the video decoder is just h.264 up to high profile, so it should, in theory, work for html5 video as well

I would've thought chip makers would decode WebM, too, by now. Google won't stay on h.264 forever.

Re: Nvidia introduces Tegra 3 five-core CPU

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Post by nextparadigms » Wed, Nov 09, 2011, 10:28 AM UTC

tete wrote: post #15

Watched the video. What exactly is "Competition"?

Probably Qualcomm. They see them as their biggest rival in this market, probably because they are actually the biggest chip maker now.

Re: Nvidia introduces Tegra 3 five-core CPU

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Post by nextparadigms » Wed, Nov 09, 2011, 10:33 AM UTC

joelthelion wrote: post #16

When can I get this in my laptop?

I hope to see it in Google TV set top boxes, too. Then you can just hook up a gamepad (which Google TV 2.0 supports) and play like on a console. If they can make them for $100-$150, and bring a few more console-like Honeycomb games, it would be a winner. I wish Google would focus more on turning this into a reality sooner rather than later.