NVIDIA Announces Tegra GPUs for Ultra Mobile Devices
June 2, 2008
Tegra chips are smalled than a dime and can accelerate HD video
Mobile devices like Smartphones, portable navigation devices, and ultra mobile PCs are fast becoming some of the most popular devices in the consumer electronics market. To grab its share of the booming market, NVIDIA today announced a new family of processors aimed at accelerating the graphics and more on these small and portable devices.
NVIDIA calls the new line Tegra and it consists of three products. The more powerful Tegra 600 series is aimed at Windows Mobile and CE-based devices. The Tegra series features the Tegra 650 and 600 GPU. The 650 has an ARM11 MPCore running at 800 MHz, 16/32-bit LP-DDR and NAND flash support.
The 650 is capable of full 1080p H.264 decoding, 720p H.264 decoding, and supports multiple audio formats including AAC, AMR, WMA, and MP3. JPEG encode and decode are supported as well. The ULP chip supports OpenGL ES 2.0, programmable pixel shader, programmable vertex and lighting as well as advanced 2D/3D graphics. Imaging up to 12 megapixels is supports along with advanced imaging features.
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