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Some Samsung Galaxy S II phones will use Tegra 2
It looks like Samsung’s upgrade to the Galaxy S line won’t only be sporting the new Samsung Exynos and Orion chips. Despite the fact that Samsung manufactures it’s own CPUs, it will use chips from other makers as well. According to Nvidia, some of the Samsung Galaxy S II phones will be powered by the more »
LG Star Android smartphone makes a video appearence
We have been seeing more and more of the yet-to-be-announced LG Star smartphone lately and as of today it has turned up in a nice hands-on video. The video comes in at 7 minutes and 9 seconds and offers a fairly nice overview of the device as well as a side-by-side with an iPhone 4. more »
LG Optimus Pad outed, runs Honeycomb with a dual-core Tegra 2
Though LG won’t comment on it, it seems they’ve got what they call the Optimus Pad in development. We’ve got this slide, above, and a comment from an unnamed senior official commenting the Optimus will run Honeycomb (expected to be Android 3.0). Why is LG waiting? The answer appears to be that the company doesn’t more »
MSI unveil plans to launch a $500 Tegra-based tablet in 2010
Although much of the Internet is focused on the Apple iPad that is not the only tablet that we are going to see this year. Just recently MSI have announced plans to launch a tablet of their own. The details are still pretty light, but what we can tell you so far sounds good. The more »
New Tegra based smartbooks emerging from Acer and Lenovo with Chrome OS?
According to an exclusive retrieved by Shanzai.com from a “reliable” unnamed source, Acer and Lenovo plan to release a new operating system installed on a new form factor while running on a new platform. The rumor is that the manufacturers plan to release Nvidia’s Tegra based devices running Google’s Chrome operating system. It is expected more »
NVIDIA shows off Tegra computer-on-a-chip system
NVIDIA has recently been taking great strides to diversify beyond just the graphics cards it’s known for. NVIDIA has been getting in a bit of trouble with Intel for all its expansion, but it seems willing to fight and lawsuits Intel will push out. Meanwhile NVIDIA is showing off its computer-on-a-chip system at CTIA.
The system, dubbed Tegra is designed to be used in Mobile Internet Devices, netbooks, or any other small devices (smartphones maybe?). NVIDIA is claiming the Tegra system will be able to handle 1080p video output over HDMI, using just a half watt of power. While not outputting HD video, the Tegra system uses so little power on standby that the device using Tegra will likely be able to run for days on standby.
