Nvidia Launched Tegra Chips for Mobile Computing
Nvidia formally rolled out its Tegra chip, Tegra 600 and Tegra 650 processors on Monday that the company is targeting for the Mobile Internet Device (MID) space. It is an integrated CPU, powering the devices with a long battery life which will facilitate full Internet surfing, game-playing and also high-definition video displays. The price is going to range between $200 and $250.
The release attacks Intel’s Atom chips, which are presented as being better suited for gaming and Web browsing. Nvidia will probably build its sales campaign on the far better power consumption of its product. The Tegra allows a continuous video play back of almost 30 hours, far beyond the Atom processor’s capacity.
Nvidia hopes the Tegra chips, which also include its previously announced application processor APX2500 used in smartphones and handsets, will go into a broad array of computing devices. But it’s aiming first for an emerging category called mobile Internet devices, or MIDs.
The company’s mobile business general manager, Mike Rayfield expects the first batch of devices using the Tegra processors to be available for purchase by the fourth-quarter holiday season. He also expressed his firm belief that their affordable and very useful product will be welcomed on the market.
Source: Reuter
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