Breaking News

LIAN LI Redefines Compact ATX Tower with the O11D MINI V2 TEAMGROUP Unveils DDR5 256GB (4×64GB) Ultra-Capacity Memory Kits Spire launches UD50C White PC chassis G.SKILL Announces T5 Neo Series DDR5-6400 CL38 512GB (64GBx8) Overclocked R-DIMM Memory Kit with AMD EXPO Support for AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO Workstations ZOTAC to Launch GeForce RTX 5090 ARCTICSTORM AIO & GeForce RTX 5060 Low Profile

logo

  • Share Us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • Home
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map

Search form

Nvidia Rolls Out Tegra Chips For MIDs

Nvidia Rolls Out Tegra Chips For MIDs

PC components Jun 2,2008 0

Nvidia on Sunday announced a processor line-up it believes will power a new class of fast, small devices with long battery life that can surf the full Internet, play high-end games and video. The graphics chipmaker is calling the Tegra 600 and Tegra 650 processors "computers on a chip" for highly portable, visual devices, and it is aiming squarely at a market also targeted by No. 1 chipmaker Intel.

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.

Intel was among the first to start bandying about the term, and its Atom family of chips is targeted at MIDs.

Mike Rayfield, general manager of Nvidia's mobile business, said MIDs have screens of four to 12 inches in diameter and may have a touch-screen or keyboard, a connection for a game controller or a wireless high-speed Internet connection.

But super-compact notebooks, smaller even than so-called ultra-mobile personal computers (UMPCs), have already taken off. The Asus Eee PC has been a runaway success, and Intel has said it would not be surprised to see sales of what it calls Netbook PCs such as the Eee PC and others top 50 million by 2011.

Tegra chips have as their main electronic brain an ARM 11 central processing unit core, a graphics processing unit, a media processor, system memory and peripherals in one ultra-low power-consuming chip smaller than a dime.

Taiwanese gadget makers are expected to showcase devices based on the Tegra chips at Computex trade show this week.

Prices for MIDs with Tegra would range from $200 to $250 and be on store shelves by the holiday shopping season.

Nvidia's push with Tegra and Intel's own efforts with Atom foreshadow a battle between two types of chip architectures for dominance in the tiny-but-powerful computing market.

The Atom chip family uses its x86 architecture, while ARM Holdings Plc processors have their own. Intel claims ARM chips grew up out of the communications and cell-phone markets, insisting its x86 architecture is better suited for computing applications such as gaming and Web browsing.

Tags: Nvidia
Previous Post
Sony, BenQ to Launch 22x DVD Burners in Q3
Next Post
Pioneer's KRF-9000FD Full HD 1080p Front Projector

Related Posts

  • PNY Announces Support for the New NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell Graphics Card Family

  • KIOXIA flash memory and SSD solutions empower AI applications at NVIDIA GTC 2025

  • INNO3D GEFORCE RTX 50 SERIES IS HERE!

  • VENGEANCE Gaming PCs are Ready for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs

  • GeForce At Computex 2024

  • ASUS Presents ESC AI POD With NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 at Computex 2024

  • NVIDIA Teams Up With Google DeepMind to Drive Large Language Model Innovation

  • ASUS Presents MGX-Powered Data-Center Solutions

Latest News

LIAN LI Redefines Compact ATX Tower with the O11D MINI V2
Cooling Systems

LIAN LI Redefines Compact ATX Tower with the O11D MINI V2

TEAMGROUP Unveils DDR5 256GB (4×64GB) Ultra-Capacity Memory Kits
PC components

TEAMGROUP Unveils DDR5 256GB (4×64GB) Ultra-Capacity Memory Kits

Spire launches UD50C White PC chassis
Cooling Systems

Spire launches UD50C White PC chassis

G.SKILL Announces T5 Neo Series DDR5-6400 CL38 512GB (64GBx8) Overclocked R-DIMM Memory Kit with AMD EXPO Support for AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO Workstations
PC components

G.SKILL Announces T5 Neo Series DDR5-6400 CL38 512GB (64GBx8) Overclocked R-DIMM Memory Kit with AMD EXPO Support for AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO Workstations

ZOTAC to Launch GeForce RTX 5090 ARCTICSTORM AIO & GeForce RTX 5060 Low Profile
GPUs

ZOTAC to Launch GeForce RTX 5090 ARCTICSTORM AIO & GeForce RTX 5060 Low Profile

Popular Reviews

be quiet! Light Loop 360mm

be quiet! Light Loop 360mm

be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Light Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Light Mount Keyboard

Noctua NH-D15 G2

Noctua NH-D15 G2

Soundpeats Pop Clip

Soundpeats Pop Clip

be quiet! Light Base 600 LX

be quiet! Light Base 600 LX

be quiet! Pure Base 501

be quiet! Pure Base 501

Terramaster F8-SSD

Terramaster F8-SSD

Main menu

  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Contact Us
  • Promotional Opportunities @ CdrInfo.com
  • Advertise on out site
  • Submit your News to our site
  • RSS Feed