Nvidia's Tegra 2 platform has recently become a new spotlight in the tablet PC market as most of the tablet PC vendors including Acer, Asustek Computer, Toshiba and Samsung Electronics as well as several regional brand vendors in China, Germany and the UK, are all set to launch Tegra 2-based models, according to sources from notebook players.
Affected by the strong sales of Apple iPad, consumers have started to learn to accept non-Wintel platform and are helping demand for platforms such as Android/ARM to grow.
Tegra 2's strong graphics performance and supports for Adobe Flash and 3D games are the drivers for brand vendors and tablet PC makers to decide to adopt the platform; meanwhile, Nvidia is also offering price discounts in the hopes to boost up its market momentum, the sources noted.
China-based white-box players have also adopted Tegra 2 for their tablet PC models and are set to launch the related models in the first quarter of 2011, the sources added.
The sources also forecast that Tegra 2-based models will have chance to account for 50% of ARM-based tablet PC shipments in 2011.
Key features of Tegra 2:
- Dual-core ARM Cortex -A9 MPCore Processor
- Symmetric Multi-Processing support for blazing fast web browsing performance, improving load times and rendering of complex pages
- Processing efficiency of Cortex-A9 provides industry leading performance in lowest power envelope
- Ultra Low Power NVIDIA Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
- Enhanced NVIDIA graphics technology, enabling full Flash acceleration for an uncompromised HD web browsing experience
- Next generation 3D rendering performance for the most compelling user interfaces and advanced mobile games
- Full High Definition Multimedia
- Up to 1080p video encode/decode and support for HD Web streaming formats, such as YouTube HD
- Complete HW accelerated HD multimedia engine for visually stunning movie playback at lowest possible power
- NVIDIA Low Power Management Architecture
- Effective power management techniques, such as dynamic voltage and frequency scaling, for ultra-efficient power consumption across all use cases
- Low-power design delivers over 140 hours audio and over 16 hours of HD video playback
Tegra 2 specs include:
- Processor and Memory Subsystem
- Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, up to 1.0 GHz
- 32-bit LP-DDR2, DDR2
- Ultra Low Power NVIDIA Graphics
- OpenGL ES 2.0
- Programmable pixel shader
- Programmable vertex and lighting
- 2x 3D graphics performance of previous generation Tegra
- Full High Definition Multimedia
- 1080p H.264/VC-1/MPEG-4 Video Decode
- 1080p H.264 Video Encode
- Supports multi-standard audio formats, including AAC, AMR, WMA, and MP3
- Upgraded JPEG encode and decode acceleration
- Integrated Image Signal Processing
- Up to 12 megapixel camera sensor support
- Advanced imaging features (AWB, AF, AE, etc.)
- Display Subsystem
- True dual-display support
- Maximum display resolutions supported:
- 1080p (1920×1080) HDMI 1.3
- WSXGA+ (1680×1050) LCD
- UXGA (1600×1200) CRT
- NTSC/PAL TV output
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