NVIDIA has officially introduced its next-generation mobile processor. The NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip is a 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 multi-core processor with 4 high performance CPU cores, 1 extra low power “companion” core, and 12 graphics cores. The new chips are headed to tablets and smartphones. The first Tegra 3 device will be the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, which…

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NVIDIA’s dual core Tegra 2 dual core processor is at the heart of nearly every tablet running Google Android Honeycomb. It can also be found in a couple of Android smartphones and notebook or desktop-style computers. But pretty much every device that uses a Tegra 2 chip today runs Android. Tomorrow that could be different. MeeGo Experts reports that NVIDIA…

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Acer is planning to launch a few new mobile computing products in the coming months. According to DigiTimes the company will launch: A notebook with a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor An ultrabook with an Intel chip New tablets running Google Android 3.2 The Android tablets and Intel-powered thin and light ultrabook are hardly surprising. But the…

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Microsoft isn’t expected to release Windows 8 until later this year or early next year. But Bloomberg reports that the company will show off an early version of the OS running on a tablet with an NVIDIA Tegra  processor at the All Things D conference next week. The next version of Windows will add support for low power ARM-based processors…

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Amazon execs haven’t officially come out and said that the company is working on an Android tablet. But there’s growing evidence that a line of Amazon tablets could launch later this year. CEO Jeff Bezos told Consumer Reports to “stay tuned” for more details recently, which is pretty far from a denial. Last week Boy Genius Report, which has some…

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The Trim Slice is a tiny $199 desktop computer with a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, HDMI output, and a few SD card slots. For a little more money you can get some internal storage, WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities. While Compulab, the company behind the Trim Slice has been pushing the platform for Linux, or even Google…

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The Motorola XOOM is already one of the fastest Android tablets on the market thanks to a speedy 1 GHz dual core NVIDIA Tegra processor with support for 3D graphics acceleration and HD video output. But some people just like to push the limits. The developer of the SetCPU app for Android has managed to use the app to overclock…

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Qualcomm Snapdragon, Samsung Hummingbird, TI OMAP, NVIDIA Tegra… you see these names a lot these days, as they’re the chips powering the newest, most powerful Android smartphones and upcoming tablets. But while most of these chips run at clock speeds between 800 MHz and 1.2 GHz, we’ve moved far past the point where you can judge a chip simply by…

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The Notion Ink Adam tablet has gained a lot of attention over the past year because it’s one of the most promising Android tablets… on paper. The spec sheet reads like a tech gadget’s dream journal, including a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, support for HD video and 3D graphics acceleration, an optional Pixel Qi transflective display, and a…

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I can pretty much count on one hand the number of big name devices that are already shipping with NVIDIA Tegra 2 chips, but if CES 2011 was anything to go buy, the market will be flooded by Tegra 2-powered tablets and phones in the coming months. But NVIDIA isn’t stopping to relish the news. The company has already said…

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Charbax from ARMDevices spotted something I missed at CES last week: A 7 inch netbook with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip from NEC. The little guy has a full QWERTY keyboard as well as special keys for Android functions such as Hme, Back, and Menu. The screen also features a resistive touch panel. That said, the keyboard looks awfully cramped,…

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Dell and T-Mobile have unveiled a new 7 inch tablet which has a larger screen and faster processor than Dell’s first entry into the consumer tablet space, the Dell Streak 5. The new Dell Streak 7 will be powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and Android 2.2 and Dell’s Stage UI. The tablet will work with T-Mobile’s…

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