NVIDIA Tegra 2

NVIDIA Corporation has officially announced the next generation of its platform Tegra, made ARM-based processor. The new development, as expected, was named NVIDIA Tegra 2 and a chip constructed according to the norms "thin" 40 nm process technology, which is supposed to make it much more energy efficient solution than the Atom processors, and even the platform Snapdragon.



However, this chip includes eight independent processors, including a dual-CPU Mobile systems Cortex-A9 frequencies up to 1 GHz and, as stated, is capable of operating up to four times faster than the first generation Tegra. The platform NVIDIA Tegra 2 provides support for streaming Full HD video port and HDMI. The Tegra 2 is a list of supported operating systems include Windows CE, Windows Mobile and Android, and in the future, this processor may be able to work with cloud software platform Chrome OS.



Among other things, NVIDIA Tegra platform 2 supports a sensor functionality, in combination with low power consumption makes it suitable for use in future tablet computers, and smart phones. Although not yet released any of the finished product on the Tegra 2, NVIDIA claims that technological CES 2010 its partners are going to announce a few tablets with touch screens from five to ten inches in diagonal, constructed on the basis of this promising platform.



Chip coming bright future in the field of mobile devices, as manufacturers are planning to release netbooks with the chip. For comparison, Tegra «single charge will be enough for 130 hours of music or 30 hours of video playback," but ARM architecture does not allow you to set a full-fledged Windows (XP, Vista, 7). For users of the netbook only for its intended purpose (websites, video, music) nothing will change - only time and performance will increase. However, if you have a netbook, though it is small, but full-fledged computer with Microsoft Office, or if you're used to only one browser is no Windows can be a challenge. In fact, Tegra-based netbooks will be the missing step between the PDA and notebooks - case and keyboard of the netbook, PDA capabilities.