NVIDIA shows off Tegra on video

Yesterday we told you about NVIDIA's new mobile platform, Tegra, and today, we've got some videos from the company showing off the system, and giving you a good impression of just how much less juice this architecture uses compared to the competition. Check the videos after the break demonstrating the systems' lean energy needs, HDMI output capabilities, blazing fast gaming, and that fancy UI we keep telling you about.

[iEye @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:15PM]

Cool, just like my new avatar...

Although I wonder what happens when the user rotates that particular device 90 degrees?

Deja Vu?

[imacmatt09 @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:20PM]

Wow your first comment not saying something about apple. Congrats. Your an idiot btw.

[Saad Rabia @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:22PM]

I wonder what happens when people vote you down?

Deja Vu?

[maty @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:27PM]

imacmatt09:

You're an idiot.*

[Matt @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:44PM]

Owned. Nice work.

[OneLove @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:47PM]

when a company hypes up a new product like this it can only mean two things epic fail or its gonna be really god damn expensive. (did i just get teleported into the future?)

[johcagaorl @ Jun 3rd 2008 6:48PM]

@maty Especially since the tilting 90degrees is obviously an iPhone reference

[Shinigami @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:55PM]

OneLove
Did I read something wrong or did they actually promise devices for $200-250?

[fourthletter @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:18PM]

That would be the astrological symbol for pisces.

You seem just the kind of idiot that would have an ipod museum in their living room.

[Cody @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:19PM]

Okay, so it's awesome technology, but I'm a bit confused. Will NVIDIA integrate this into making laptops a lot smaller, or will it be used in cell phones. The answer's probably in the article and I'm just overlooking it.

[Joppa @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:57PM]

smartphones/MIDs

[JohnTitor @ Jun 3rd 2008 8:07PM]

it's a replacement for their old GoForce line, they had a push for it a while back

[k0llateral @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:44PM]

I think I know the perfect place for it... PSP2!

Can only hope from here...

[richii @ Jun 3rd 2008 6:07PM]

Absolute garbage, *cough* wait till you see the new iphone heh.

[Bunson @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:21PM]

"The sex"

[KEROLiUKAS @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:21PM]

This is just for those MID type things, not for the so called 'netbooks' ?

[Nik @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:23PM]

Okay, i hate the word "Netbook" UMPC, Sub Notebook, anything but Netbook... I mean, come on, Netbook?

[Bunson @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:27PM]

Agreed, anyone who uses that term should be excommunicated.

[MeatPop @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:36PM]

I have always wanted to be excommunicated, so this is my chance...

Netbook!

[Turin @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:38PM]

I love the word "excommunicated".

[Nik @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:38PM]

Dude, you butchered it.

[OneLove @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:52PM]

my girlfriend and I often sexcommunicated.

[David @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:56PM]

By the pope?

[sandman74 @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:21PM]

The GPU aspect of this device looks outstanding (when compared to GPU capabilities of the current set of 'netbooks' out there). Im guessing the GPU aspect takes most of the load off the Arm 11 CPU.

Where will this product go ? Is it viable for a netbook with some Linux variation. I assume XP is a no go due to the architecture ?

Would certainly make a nice gaming / web handheld if people actually wrote the games for it.

Im betting it ends up in somekind of phone hybrid. I like where Nvidia is going though... makes the 'atom' processor look old.

[substance90 @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:31PM]

Amazing looking for now. I hope so much that some manufacturer like HTC picks it up and backs it with nice support, so that games are built for it etc. It could be the next big thing, who needs an iPhone or a WM smartphone, when this nice little fellow can play HD and Quake?!

[Glen @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:51PM]

nVidia have already demo'ed this chip in a mobile phone... which was running Windows CE. It worked a dream and its astoundingly better than anything on the market now!!!

[Macca @ Jun 4th 2008 12:06AM]

This is a WM smartphone isnt it?

Beautiful device.

[Arthur @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:24PM]

That looks awesome, can't wait for it to be implemented into consumer devices!

[Saad Rabia @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:24PM]

I don't understand how did they do this, but I need one! This looks impressing.

[Jon Acheson @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:26PM]

I'd love for someone to put this in a HTPC priced at EeePC levels.

[Anku @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:28PM]

That's some pretty amazing stuff, and if I'm not mistaken, it looked like a scroll wheel was being used in a couple of the videos... not a fan of scroll wheels, but that's okay... and earlier reports of battery life issued by Nvidia, were they referring to HD playback via HDMI or actual onscreen viewing? because wtvr the # was, it was insane, something in the 100 hr range...

[Beastage @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:37PM]

So much competition these days! but the prices are not dropping like the should :(

[Jesus Frias @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:37PM]

was it me or i saw some COVERFLOW on the 2nd vid??
it looks very impressive, would like to see more devices with this... too bad i have to wait till '09!! i want it now lol

[Anku @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:39PM]

yeah, i can definitely agree with that... the ui is absolutely beautiful, though it is quite reminiscent of coverflow, it is 3d, and that makes it look loads better...

[Matt @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:42PM]

Oh man it looks like it has a little scroll dial like on a dslr! That is such a good solution! Those dials are so tactile and easy to use.

Are they using a player/pmp that they will brand and sell?

[gzeusmants @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:47PM]

They really think they're going to capture the MID market with this?
The majority of those devices run some form of Linux, and NVIDIA is not the most popular company with developers and enthusuasts, who ARE the main group of developers.

Their (actually illegal, as they violate the copy right agreement of the code needed to work with the kernel) binary drivers aren't even that great, and are updated far too rarely.

They might be REALLY banking on Winmo 7, because nothing that exists now will run on these to any reasonable degree.

[Skry @ Jun 3rd 2008 6:35PM]

I think a solution like this in sub notebooks would make them pretty popular with developers and enthusiasts, especcially if priced well. The only thing letting it down is not using x86 architecture.

And nothing exists right now that could run on it, but with a little work this could almost certainly beat atom into smartphones.

[TheCow5 @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:46PM]

did they just slap intel in the face with that video

[Carl Vitullo @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:02PM]

I think it was a cock slap, actually.

[Rotaryfan @ Jun 4th 2008 12:54PM]

no, I'm pretty sure that goes way beyond a slap; Nvidia just teabagged intel, then told it to go fuck itself for the one hour that it can keep low res porn running on its not-so-efficient atom

[electron @ Jun 3rd 2008 5:54PM]

what video is being played on the 2nd demo?

[Tony @ Jun 3rd 2008 7:43PM]

Looks like a trailer for Curse of the Golden Flower.

http://www.amazon.com/Curse-Golden-Flower-Yun-Fat-Chow/dp/B000MRA592

[wrabbit @ Jun 3rd 2008 6:05PM]

Fuck yeah!
No seriously, that's all I gotta say - this thing looks amazing!

I hope they deliver on their promises, 'cos this thing looks like it could be huge.

[def leper @ Jun 3rd 2008 6:50PM]

Looks great and I will get one at $200, but I did not hear any cowbells !!?

Nvidia, please bring on the cowbells...tonk tonk TONK !

[Skry @ Jun 3rd 2008 6:33PM]

It certainly looks impressive, and with that kind of technology it does actually make the ATOM seem old fashioned already. And I believe this would be an overnight success if it supported x86 architecture. Though despite this, it does look like it will be appearing in smartphones, and maybe PMP's later on.

Though hopefully this will make it's way into the sub notebook market as being able to output HD content and do some light gaming would be a great selling point, and if Nvidia make true on their promise the Tegra might be cheaper then the ATOM and put sub notebook battery ranges in the 20+ hours.

[Number_41 @ Jun 3rd 2008 6:45PM]

Very impressive.

You know, I may actually put off buying the iPhone 2.0 and getting this thing.

Very impressive.
You know, the SDK ( for the iphone ) and the toolchain provided advanced features for all developers, but to be honest, I think NVDIA is about to take the cake with this.

I can not wait for the programs that developers will make with this thing. This thing will blow the iPhone out of the water.

N41

[Nathaniel @ Jun 3rd 2008 7:15PM]

Is it just me or have they intentionally slowed that intel notebook, it just seems to frame skip during playback....seems to me that "netbooks/umpc's" etc should be able to play SD and even HD without any real problems?

The movie is called "The Curse of the Golden Flower" too (the one with all the bright colours).

Personally I just wish all the tech companies would get over this whole love affair with tiny notebooks and start releasing better designed and cheaper 13" plus notebooks, sick of tech sites like these being clogged with crappy tiny computers that tech heads like us won't use and stupid "gps art" give me more smart phones, and flying cars please....though this was ok, i just don't care about the next EEEEEEE23 Notebook.

[Skry @ Jun 4th 2008 2:30PM]

Most 'netbooks' have difficulties with playback of HD content and even then the notebook would get nowhere near this amount of battery life

[Trevor Bommersbach @ Jun 3rd 2008 6:51PM]

OQO: Here's your platform. Get this Tegra into something like your current 02. If you build it...they will come...

[Billy Gun @ Jun 3rd 2008 6:56PM]

Very, very nice.. So can I dream of one of this device with 1tb some day?