NVIDIA shows off Tegra on video
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted June 3rd 2008 5:06PM
posted June 3rd 2008 5:06PM
posted June 3rd 2008 5:06PM
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Go ahead, it doesn't bother me.
If chip lives up to the hype, it will be a game changer. A promised 30 hours of HD playback is ridiculous. I wonder what operating system that demo UI is running on. Nvidia is a member of the Open Handset Alliance...
And now I have absolutely no reason to buy an upcoming superphone and MID combo (I was looking at either the 3G iPhone/Nokia N96+Nokia N810) until Tegra devices start coming out.
At least I saved myself a lot of money and grief!
The Quake vid looks fake... It looks like they sped up the video so we can't notice the real framerate...
Just look at the way the camera shakes while they are filming...
I'm pretty sure that was a timedemo, bud. I'm guessing you've never benchmarked with an id Software title before? =P
Ok, first of all, please do not compare this to the iPhone. This is NOT a device that NVIDIA would be selling. This is a working prototype designed to represent the capabilities of the hardware.
NVIDIA are touting the chipset, not the mobile device, MID, UMPC, 'netbook' (just stating it for completeness) or anything such!
NVIDIA will not sell a self-branded UMPC etc etc. Now, since the device itself is a prototype just for selling the capabilities of the chipset, do not compare it to the iPhone/Apple's Coverflow etc. It's just a reference for you to look at and get an idea of it's capabilities in terms of processing, power management, 3D capabilities and HD capabilities.
I love that 3D interface-- so much better than the iPhone! And the graphics capabilities are unbelievable! This is the iPhone killer!
I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist.
when is it gana come out thats all i want to know
NVIDIA definitely has the right idea to miniaturize an entire chipset to the size of a 2.5 inch hard drive. Their Tegra 650 and 600 solutions seems to be on par with what a mobile user would use (although slightly overpowered). It's a direct comparison to the chipset used in the iPhone and most HTC devices right now with the exception of ULP GeForce which will make all the difference in a MID/UMPC. Tegra will be closer in performance to a Windows Mobile handset than let's say an OQO 02. It's all about meeting needs rather than slamming powerful components into something. I believe that the Tegra will be able to replace current UMPCs with something much snappier and more mobile user friendly.
@Skry:
The point I was making is that Linux developers don't develop for closed hardware.
NVIDIA doesn't open their specs even, thus linux developers won't develop for it.
If there's profit to be made, someone will develop for it.
...if it's Windows.
The standard Linux stack is all FLOSS. I'm willing to be that if this is running some kind of Linux that the negative response it'll have if they don't release the full hardware specs will end any support they might have had left.
Without the support of the community, any linux version dies.
If it's running windows, they can HAVE it. I don't trust black boxes.
Also, if it's running windows, I hope they didn't go into the red on the front end of this project, as it's DOOMED.
The number of Winmo apps is MINISCULE compared to the number of apps that will run on Linux. Generally the work to get things looking good on a small screen(the main problem) is minimal, and if it's an architecture port, then Windows developers have the same problem.
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Looks impressive. I can't help but to notice the flurry of activity in tech companies attempting to reinvent the mobile internet device market. I think all these EEE notebooks are going to be redundant once iPhone has a legitimate competitor and both strangle the MID market.
If it isn't Mobile, then the tech is all about bigger is better, and intergation with MIDs. I think desktops will be obsolete in 15 years, only to be transformed into glorified home entertainment centers or powerful laptops.
I look forward to seeing what this Tegra really can do.
I didn't know the MID market was being RE-invented. All these devices seem pretty recent to me.
The rest of your comment is pretty much hot air.
Very impressive. I can only imagine the leap smartphone will take in 2-3 other years. I don't think this kind of phone is coming anytime soon, so I'm still sticking to my original HTC Dream/ iPhone 3G plans which are the best of what the current technology is offering.
Press release said something about this running on top of Windows Mobile...think it mentioned availability in second half of 08.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/apx_2500.html
"...the NVIDIA® Tegra™ APX applications processors are the key to building next-generation Microsoft Windows Mobile-based devices"
and:
"The first NVIDIA Tegra APX-based devices are expected to begin shipping in late 2008"
did nobody else notice the dell m1530 in the background with what appears to be a huge screen where the touchpad should be?
HTC, you better be listening! Throw that stupid MSM chipset in the nearest dumpster and build the diamond around this one. Do this and i'm sold! :-)