NVIDIA today introduced a new platform, based on the NVIDIA Tegra 600 Series computer-on-a-chip that enables a $99, always-on, always-connected HD mobile internet device (MID) that can go days between battery charges.
Tegra integrates an ARM processor with GeForce graphics. The goal is to bring PC-like graphics to small devices like an Android phone. It’s not an end-user product yet. NVIDIA says its platform will enable OEMs to quickly build and bring to market devices that carriers can offer for as low as $99 and deliver mobile HD content.
Microsoft is collaborating with NVIDIA as is Sony-Ericsson to add 3G communication capability into this new platform. Mobile Nvidia-based devices will be able to connect to televisions at hotels or in the home via HDMI.
- 720p and 1080p video playback
- Days of use between charges
- Full Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity
- Optimized hardware support for Web 2.0 applications for a true desktop-class internet experience
- A complete software solution including Microsoft Windows Embedded CE OS, full Internet browser, software development kit (SDK) and more.
NVIDIA also announced today that it has worked closely with Google and the Open Handset Alliance to enable Android devices to utilize the Tegra series of ‘computer-on-a-chip’ processors. By supporting Android, manufacturers and operators can now easily use a Tegra processor to build mobile phones.
Charlie Rose recently interviewed Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia.
Unlike the mobile-phone style Tegra device, based on the low-power ARM processor, Nvidia’s ION integrates Intel’s Atom CPU with GeForce 9400 graphics (right). Ion promises to transform traditional Atom-based Netbooks and settops, into full power 1080p HD video and 7.1 audio devices.
Netbooks and settops built on Nvidia’s ION platform are expected to be released by summer of 2009.
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