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NVIDIA releases project Kal-El whitepapers, unveils fifth companion CPU core for low-power use cases
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 20, 2011
NVIDIA has let loose some more technical talk about the upcoming project Kal-El chip, and are showing off a new patented process they call vSMP (variable Symmetric Multiprocessing). As part of...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 18, 2011
It sure was a big week for contests! We gave away a bounty of great Tegra 2 powered Android devices of all shapes and sizes, and now it's time to announce the winners. Thanks everyone for ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 17, 2011
It's been a week packed full of great prizes in the Tegra Madness giveaway, and we're closing it out with a bang -- a grand prize pack made up of a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, a Jambox Bluetooth speaker,...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 16, 2011
The Motorola Atrix 4G is one of the first Android "superphones" to use the Tegra 2 chip, as well as the first dual-core device to hit AT&T here in the states. To go with the perfor...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 15, 2011
The T-Mobile G2X is one of the original dual-core monsters. The specs are great -- a Tegra 2 power plant, 4-inch IPS display, HDMI out, and easy to hack the daylights out of. Now that Ging...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 14, 2011
The Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is one of the latest Android tablets to be introduced, and I'm thinking it may have been worth the wait. It's a Tegra 2 packing Honeycomb tablet, from a name everyone knows, and ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 13, 2011
Everyone love the Asus Transformer. It's rocking the Tegra 2 chip so it plays games and does media like Honeycomb was designed to do, has all sorts of ports for connectivity, and there's a cool ...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 13, 2011
Sony has officially unveiled the Walkman Z-series, a new line of personal media players running Android, powered by NVIDIA Tegra 2 chips. The 4.3-inch device was on show at IFA 2011 last wee...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 12, 2011
The Acer Iconia A100 is the first 7-inch Honeycomb tablet, and it's filled with the same Tegra goodness as it's big brother. And you can win one in our Tegra Madness giveaway right in the Androi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 12, 2011
In the slide you see above from Nvidia's presentation at the 2011 Citi Technology Conference, we get a look at Nvidia's SoC (System on Chip) roadmap for 2012 and 2013. What piques our interest t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 11, 2011
Are you ready for another great contest from Nvidia and Android Central? One that gives you a chance to win a Tegra 2 device each day for a full six days? We hope so, because we're about t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 25, 2011
NVIDIA has launched the TegraZone.com website, complete with it's own online community for Android fans with Tegra-powered devices. In addition, the Tegra Zone companion application for Android...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 25, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing Another iPhone favorite has made its way to Android. Sprinkle, from ironically named developer Mediocre, is a cute little physics-based game. You're among the .. people...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 17, 2011
The original ASUS EeePad TransformerWe always like a little speculation and rumor when it comes to next-gen devices, so the news that ASUS' next-gen version of the ASUS EeePad Transformer w...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 10, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingNvidia and Samsung have announced the Samsung Galaxy R, now available in Sweden but coming soon to more of Europe and Asia. It's a bit of a departure from what we'...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 02, 2011
It's been about six months since we got our first look at NVIDIA's quad-core test platform -- codenamed "Kal-El" -- and it pretty much floored us. The initial window for seeing any sort of ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 24, 2011
Zinio for Android just got a huge performance boost if you're using a Tegra 2 powered Honeycomb tablet. The app harnesses the GPU and uses full OpenGL ES acceleration for page turning animations...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 16, 2011
Galaxy on Fire 2 -- one of the most visually stunning games we've ever played on Android -- is now available in the Android Market and in NVIDIA's Tegra Zone app. GoF2 is a space-based saga wher...
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by Chris Parsons
May 25, 2011
For anyone who has played Samurai II: Vengeance the name Madfinger Games may sound familiar. If it doesn't, we've got a sneaking suspicion you'll be hearing a lot more about them and their newly...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 21, 2011
Just a quick heads up that Riptide GP -- one of the coolest Tegra 2-optimized games we've had the pleasure of playing -- is now available in the Android Market. It's a sort of personal watercraft rac...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 19, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingHere's another Tegra 2-optimized game that's coming down the pike. Pinball HD is, well, it's a pinball game. It's a pinball game with some extremely fluid and intricate ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 19, 2011
NVIDIA's Tegra 2 chipset -- you know it on devices such as the Motorola Xoom, LG Optimus 2X and a wealth of other new top-end sets -- has quickly solidified its place as the go-to chipset for ga...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 14, 2011
After the recent news that Nvidia's Harmony platform would see no further support, Nvidia's Developer Zone forums got slammed with concerned citizens and their displeasure at the decision. Turn'...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 12, 2011
The Nvidia corporation will drop Android support for its devices running on the Harmony platform, according to a post on its official developer forums by Andrew Edelsten, Tegra Developer Relations.&nb...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 01, 2011
Now that we've got a couple of dual-core devices with those fast-and-mighty NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipsets, it's time to put them to good use -- with some apps. And to that end, NVIDIA this morning ha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 25, 2011
Top o' the news - Motorola Xoom! Motorola Xoom available now at VerizonThinking of buying a Motorola Xoom? Here's what you need to knowMotorola Xoom pricing's official: $599 with a two-year contract, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 16, 2011
We're all still wrapping our heads around dual-core processors. So it only makes sense that Nvidia decided to drop the next next generation mobile processor on us at Mobile World Congress. Codenamed ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 15, 2011
NVIDIA rocked Barcelona with a demo of their upcoming quad-core Tegra CPU, project KAL-EL at Mobile World Congress. It's all part of their roadmap which promises 75 times the performance of the ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 28, 2011
When speaking of the Motorola Atrix 4G we kind of have to point out that while the device was shown off at CES it was not fully completed. Changes to the device before and post-launch are to be expect...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 28, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingWhere do we expect the LG Optimus 2X and its dual-core Tegra 2 processor to shine the brightest? Gaming, of course. We've thrown just about everything we can think ...
