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NVIDIA are set to enter the mobile processor market with their new
APX 2500 series, designed as a standalone application CPU with a strong bias toward multimedia and internet access. The company, better known as a graphics manufacturer, used the fledgling work of earlier acquisition PortalPlayer, putting together a team of six-hundred engineers to create the AMD11-based 750MHz chip. NVIDIA boast that the APX 2500 is capable of encoding and decoding 720p HD video.
In addition, NVIDIA’s own graphics expertise was added to the chip, in the form of its low-power GeForce line; that means the application processor can do double-duty for 3D GUI rendering. They’re advertising it as the quickest way to create a Windows Mobile powered smartphone, having consulted Microsoft extensively throughout the development cycle.
The APX 2500 can support displays up to SXGA (1280 x 1024) resolution and cameras up to 12-megapixels; outputs include composite and S-Video. NVIDIA claim to have a number of manufacturers on-board with the chip, although would not disclose who; they will also aim it at standalone GPS and PMP manufacturers.
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Posted: 2008-02-12 12:44:45
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Here are some more info on the Tegra APX 2500.
-The Tegra line will be all-in-one, integrated systems on a chip, containing an 800MHz ARM CPU, GeForce GPU, image processor, HD video processor, and controllers for all other aspects of core operations (memory, USB ports, communication) -- in a package about the size of a dime.
-The range will come in two varieties to start -- the Tegra 600 and the Tegra 650. Both chips can run games like Quake 3 with full filters and anti-aliasing at rates of more than 40 FPS, and will support 1080p HDMI, WSXGA+ LCD or CRT, and NTSC/PAL TV outs.
-Products will be built atop Windows CE or Windows Mobile, though the company isn't ruling out other operating systems, like Android.
-The chipset is 1/10th the size of Intel's Atom and is ultra-low power. A single charge can allow the user to run audio for 130 hours or HD video for up to 30 hours.
-The first Tegra systems will be handhelds or small laptops with screens ranging in size from 4-inches to 12-inches, with QWERTY or touchscreen interfaces, as well as WiFi and possibly 3G connectivity.
-Starting prices for the initial devices will range from $199 to $249.
-The demo we saw of the NVIDIA UI is an actual interface that the company is seeding to developers. It takes advantage of the Tegra's GPU and is quite fast.
-NVIDIA is giving both an SDK for that UI and hardware development kit to partners, and encouraging them to utilize the custom chipset of the Tegra for user interface design and functionality.
-The chipmaker expects to see media players, MIDs, and GPS units using the chipset by the end of 2008, with ODM smartphones in Q1 2009.
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Engadget[ This Message was edited by: Yakkaimono on 2008-06-02 08:58 ]
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Posted: 2008-06-02 09:56:44
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Wow... Quake 3.
SE should implement this in the next Xperia.
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Posted: 2008-06-02 10:18:26
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this will revolutionise the way we blah blah random technical knowledge blah blah forever!
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Posted: 2008-06-02 10:33:43
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Hi all,
Whilst this is new for NVIDIA it is only similar to what Ti with the OMAP3 and Qualcomm with Snapdragon will be offering and in the case of Ti it will have 3G/HSDPA/HSUPA support. Unlike the Nvidia only may have 3G support which makes it more likely this will be seen in non smart phone devices IMO as early 2009 no 3G/HSPDA/HSUPA isn't going to be in much demand IMO.
Although the more competition around the better solutions we as consumers should get, but even now the one they are all going to have to beat is Ti chip IMO.
Marc
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2008-06-02 11:21 ]
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Posted: 2008-06-02 12:20:59
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Nvidia's Tegra on video...
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Posted: 2008-06-04 15:25:17
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On 2008-06-02 12:20:59, Dogmann wrote:
Hi all,
Although the more competition around the better solutions we as consumers should get, but even now the one they are all going to have to beat is Ti chip IMO.
Marc
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2008-06-02 11:21 ]
Well for image/graphics rendering Nvidia will surely outperform TI or i should say imagination technologies, the best TI chip available in the market is still nowhere compared to the old Nvidia 5500 with regards to audio and video processing/rendering
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Posted: 2008-06-06 16:43:45
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