Yummy new CPU/GPU combo

Lee Grime lee.grime at gmail.com
Tue Jun 3 23:24:54 CEST 2008


Ahem!

See the response to my 'OPEN HARDWARE' e.g SoC post the other day!

Some of you need to climb out of your softie comfort zone!

On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 15:06 +0800, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:12:30 -0400 "Lally Singh" <lally.singh at gmail.com> babbled:
> 
> the day nvidia comes with open drivers for this... we can begin to take an
> interest :)
> 
> > Seen this?
> > 
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7430768.stm
> > http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/nvidia-launches-tegra-hopes-to-change-the-smartphone-mid-game/
> > 
> > "The Tegra line will be all-in-one, integrated systems on a chip,
> > containing an 800MHz ARM CPU, GeForce GPU, image processor, HD video
> > processor, and controllers for all other aspects of core operations
> > (memory, USB ports, communication) -- in a package about the size of a
> > dime.
> > 
> > The range will come in two varieties to start -- the Tegra 600 and the
> > Tegra 650. Both chips can run games like Quake 3 with full filters and
> > anti-aliasing at rates of more than 40 FPS, and will support 1080p
> > HDMI, WSXGA+ LCD or CRT, and NTSC/PAL TV outs."
> > 
> > It's still ARM based, so it should work with OM.  It'll run Android if
> > you want, and may end up with a slightly smaller phone, as it
> > integrates the GPU.
> > 
> > -- 
> > H. Lally Singh
> > Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science
> > Virginia Tech
> > 
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