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Nvidia Tegra demo is mind blowing

October 12, 2008 | By Surur

We have written about the Nvidia Tegra processor before, and even put up some videos, but this hands-on demo recorded by Laptop Magazine, running on an actual prototype device really does bring the power of the processor home.

The prototype was shown of in last month and features the ability to output 720p video via HDMI and display web pages, video and photos in its dymanic 3D interface.

The prototype ran on a 600 MHz ARM11 processor and GeForce GPU and is based on Windows CE. The browser is based on Opera Mobile 9.5, who’s partnership with Nvidia we have reported on earlier.

It is not known yet which hardware OEM will be using the processor yet, but its highly likely to be a Windows Mobile device, but we can aways hope its an eXcellent device by HTC.

See the full article at LaptopMag.com and read this pdf for more information on the Tegra platform.

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Nvidia and Opera partner up for accelerated full desktop browsing on Windows Mobile

September 9, 2008 | By Surur

Nvidia has made clear its intention to storm the netbook market with its Windows Mobile solution by providing a full desktop browsing experience using an optimized Opera Mobile browser which will be available when bundled with its chipset and powerful Tegra processor.

“Seamless, effortless Internet access is critical to any state-of-the-art connected mobile device, and the combination of Opera 9.5 and NVIDIA Tegra will deliver the full Web experience into the palm of your hand,” said Neil Trevett, vice president of mobile content at NVIDIA. “Opera and NVIDIA are cooperating to create a powerful browsing experience that will truly make the Internet an integral part of the advanced Tegra mobile visual computing experience.”

“Full Web browsing is a key feature for mobile phones and mobile Internet devices today. End users are demanding a mobile-browsing experience that mirrors that of their home and work computers,” says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera Software. “Opera 9.5 combined with NVIDIA Tegra will deliver a powerful and visual browsing experience for the next generation of smartphones and mobile Internet devices.”

The Tegra family of computer-on-chip solutions integrates high-performance ARM CPUs, extensive media acceleration and integrated GeForce(R) GPUs that enable Opera 9.5 to provide mobile users a compelling browsing experience with the following features:

Support for full desktop Web content with hardware-accelerated rich media, image and in-page video playback;
GPU acceleration delivering a smooth, highly-interactive panning and zooming browsing experience with significantly-reduced battery consumption;
Hardware-accelerated 3D touch browsing experience with Opera integration into NVIDIA’s OpenKODE-based composition framework using the power of OpenGL ES 2.0.

Devices with the Opera browser powered by NVIDIA Tegra hardware are expected to be available to consumers in 2009.

Source: Nvidia Press Release

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