NVIDIA
TEGRA-BASED DEVICES REVOLUTIONISE THE ‘MID’ MARKET
High-Definition
Internet Experiences and Days of Battery
Life Become a Reality
COMPUTEX
2009—TAIPEI—JUNE 2, 2009—NVIDIA
Corporation and industry partners today unveiled 12 new
high-definition mobile Internet devices (MIDs) all powered by the NVIDIA®
Tegra™ processor, the world’s smallest and lowest
power computer-on-a-chip. These new Tegra-based devices, which include
netbooks and tablets, deliver desktop-class Internet browsing with
Flash video and animation acceleration, and up to 1080p video playback.
NVIDIA Tegra processors feature always-on operation for instant access
to the Internet, which compares to that of cell phone-class power
management, and up to 5x the battery life of current
netbooks—making days of HD mobile Internet experiences a
reality.
“The
mobile computing revolution has arrived,” stated Michael
Rayfield, general manager of mobile business at NVIDIA.
“These new Tegra-based products combine excellent Internet
and media capabilities, always-on operation, and wireless connectivity
for the un-tethered Internet experience consumers have been
craving.”
With
more than 20 Tegra-based projects currently in the works today, those
attending Computex can see the following devices:
o
Compal
Communications, Inc. CN88 (netbook)
o
ICD
Ultra (tablet)
o
Inventec
Applications Corp. Rainbow (netbook)
o
Mobinnova
Mabo (tablet)
o
Mobinnova
ViewBook N910 (netbook)
o
Pegatron
Vivid (netbook)
o
Wistron
M5 (netbook)
“We’ve seen a groundswell of demand from consumers and telcos around the globe for a highly capable, low power, low cost netbook,” stated Mike Holland, vice president of business development, Mobinnova. “Thanks to Tegra we’ve been able to deliver that and more. With three new Tegra-based devices, we’ll be one of the first to meet that demand.”
“Devices
based on NVIDIA Tegra will allow us to offer a mobile Internet device
that delivers an amazing level of functionality at minimal cost or even
free through subsidies,” stated Antonio Domit,
Executive Technology Advisor to America Movil, Grupo Carso, and
Inbursa. “The combination of a Tegra-based MID and our high-speed
national coverage will allow millions of people to access the Internet
and have an unprecedented experience. I can
imagine the story is the same for every country around the
world.”
The
Internet experience cannot be complete without great support for Adobe
Flash, which is included in over 80% of the top 100 Web sites. In a
separate announcement, NVIDIA announced that it has joined forces with
Adobe to optimise and enable Adobe Flash to leverage the GPU (graphics
processing unit) for visual computing so consumers can experience fluid
Flash video and animations using a small fraction of the power needed
by other netbooks. In addition to browsing Web sites with Flash,
Tegra-based MIDs deliver all-day media processing, including:
- Listening
to music for 25 days straight on one charge
- Watching
1080p HD video for up to 10 hours
- Playing
video games at 46 frames per second
The
NVIDIA Tegra processor is a heterogeneous multiprocessor architecture.
Each processor unit is architected for a specific class of
tasks—a CPU for running html and Java, an HD video processor
that makes streaming HD video playback possible on a netbook for the
first time*, and an ultra-low power NVIDIA GPU for a compelling user
interface and for Flash acceleration. These processors are used
together or independently to deliver a wonderful experience while
utilising minimal power. With its ultra-low-power processor design,
NVIDIA Tegra processors achieve up to 5 times the power efficiency of
existing products in battery-operated computer systems running
compelling visual computing applications.
