Comments on: Hands on with Tegra 2: ICD Ultra tablet, Mobinnova Beam smartbook

By: used cell phones

used cell phones — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:07:59 +0000

The processor is an ARM Cortex A9 chip that runs up to 1GHz. Tegra 2 will likely show up in devices with 5 to 10 inch touchscreen displays including smartbooks and tablets

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By: Someone

Someone — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:00:47 +0000

Um Tegra 2 uses the New ARM A9, which is the latest and greatest from ARM. It's an out of order, superscaler, multi issue chip. The Original Tegra used and A11, which was an old old model in order, multi issue chip. This thing can almost compete with ATOM, except this has full video encode, decode, and a GPU that looks pretty sweet, and Atom has a integrated hose beast of a IGP on chip, and draws ten times the power…

So to recap, Tegra 2 is not in fact an old arm CPU, there's nothing to wait other constructor for unless you're waiting for yet faster A9's to get developed.

By: life jackets

life jackets — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:19:25 +0000

tegra use an old arm cpu

prefer to wait other constructor

“What Windows CE brings is a pretty mature embedded OS, so you have a pretty large development community you can tap into.”

ya that why linux is so used in embedded market

By: gman

gman — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:33:22 +0000

I'm really juiced about this Tegra 2. It seems the original Tegra wasn't exactly endorsed to the point where the global audience realized what it was all about. That is all about to change. It's pretty exciting to see what Nvidia is doing. Tegra 2 is a gamers dream come true. I suppose the issue with a Tegra 2 smartphone would be the hardware limitations. From what they are saying, the Tegra 2 is on par with PS3 and Xbox 360. To me, that's “over the top”

By: ninetynine

ninetynine — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:07:25 +0000

The 7″ ICD slate looked very nice, but how can it expect to compete with Apple's slate when it is a sidenote in a giant electronics show with an obscure interface and Apple is going to be pushing a tablet, but a completely involved and fleshed out experience.

If Asus is going to be Tegra's big name backer they need to get to advertising. Lenovo should do the same with the Snapdragon IMO.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:24:09 +0000

Thank you Brad. Your explanation was very clear. Previously, it was Intel that was very confusing with their countless of CPUs and chipsets. Now, all these ARM stuff is getting confusing too.

I understand it now. Hopefully we will see more Tegra2 around. But I am pretty sure that it would consume more battery than the Snapdragon.

Many notebook buyers aren't aware that their graphics card suck battery like crazy.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:56:25 +0000

It's a chipset and yes, it's an alternative to Snapdragon.

Basically, Snapdragon offers an ARM-based CPU with HD graphics capabilities,
and so does Tegra. The difference is Tegra is much more powerful on the
graphics side. I haven't tested either chipset extensively enough to say how
they compare in terms of general performance, battery life, etc...

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:54:33 +0000

Brad, getting confusing. Is the Tegra 2 a CPU and an alternative to the Qualcomm Snapdragon?