New Nexus 7 has a quadcore Krait, ditches Tegra

[NTMBK]

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/31971-nexus-7-comes-next-week

Looks like the Tegra 4 didn't cut the mustard. :awe:

 

[sontin]

It's S4 pro, not even S600. Looks like the deal was sealed months ago. It is much slower than Tegra 4.

 

[StrangerGuy]

It's S4 pro, not even S600. Looks like the deal was sealed months ago. It is much slower than Tegra 4.

Which is so good that is it has zero design wins to speak of outside the product made by the designer themselves.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

Which is so good that is it has zero design wins to speak of outside the product made by the designer themselves.

actually i think they scored one with toshiba, so it will be in a tablet that no one buys...

 

[sontin]

If we ignore Asus, Acer, Toshiba, HP, NanoTech... then yes you are right.

Fact is that the next N7 is underpowered. I guess Google expected an earlier launch than end of july.

 

[NTMBK]

It's S4 pro, not even S600. Looks like the deal was sealed months ago. It is much slower than Tegra 4.

As the article says, the new Nexus 7 is much thinner- I guess not having enough room for a fan ruled out Tegra 4.

 

[sontin]

Tegra 4 is 50 - 100% faster than S4Pro. So i really hope for Google that S4Pro uses less power than Tegra 4...

 

[ocre]

Isnt the tegra4 going into M$ tablets? And ZTE?

 

[NTMBK]

Tegra 4 is 50 - 100% faster than S4Pro. So i really hope for Google that S4Pro uses less power than Tegra 4...

There are two devices. One of them is a slim tablet, the other is a chunky games console with a fan in it. Which do you think uses the most power?

 

[sontin]

That was sarcasm.

 

[NTMBK]

That was sarcasm.

Oops, my bad.

 

[dma0991]

The Snapdragon S4 Pro would be sufficient assuming that it has the same(or higher) clockspeed and somewhat similar resolution to the Nexus 4. Could use a faster one but its fine as its marketed as a budget tablet.

Design wise, it seems a tad bit bland and I don't like the fact that the Nexus logo orientation isn't similar to the first model.

 

[jacktesterson]

Not like the S4 Pro is a slouch or anything....

The S600 really isn't much faster.

 

[Skurge]

Looking at Exynos 5 octa that is constrained by power, I'm pretty sure S4Pro was a better choice.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Not like the S4 Pro is a slouch or anything....

The S600 really isn't much faster.

Nonsense. If a SoC can't top Antutu then it's useless for super CPU intensive things like Facebook.

 

[sontin]

It's not only about the CPU. The GPU delivers only 50-66% of the performance of Tegra 4 or Snapdragon 800. It's not able to output 4K. It will be much slower for webbrowsing than other SoCs.

 

[bullzz]

toms hardware says there were 2 SKUs. one with S4, another with S600. either way this should faster than T3

 

[vshah]

lets not forget this is a <$300 tablet with a 1080p screen.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

s4 pro is pretty disappointing. the plain ole s4 in my razr m is pretty mediocre, noticeable delay and studder sometimes, and noticeably slower than the omap in my razr, even though its clocked quite a bit higher. so im not so sure this is that great of an upgrade really, if you axed me, ya know, if y'axed me...

 

[monstercameron]

I reckon that s4 pro was used because android 4.3 will support gles 3
evidence for my theory here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsrfTLUic8w&list=WL347A0FD082EF3611

 

[Exophase]

s4 pro is pretty disappointing. the plain ole s4 in my razr m is pretty mediocre, noticeable delay and studder sometimes, and noticeably slower than the omap in my razr, even though its clocked quite a bit higher. so im not so sure this is that great of an upgrade really, if you axed me, ya know, if y'axed me...

Sounds like a software/configuration problem. S4 is substantially faster than OMAP4460.

 

[Mondozei]

It's not only about the CPU. The GPU delivers only 50-66% of the performance of Tegra 4 or Snapdragon 800. It's not able to output 4K. It will be much slowerfor webbrowsing than other SoCs.

You're right. Silly not to have 4K output for a 1080p display.

The level of stupidity you display(pun unintended) is staggering.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

Sounds like a software/configuration problem. S4 is substantially faster than OMAP4460.

dats what i wooda taught too, but its quite noticeable

 

[sontin]

You're right. Silly not to have 4K output for a 1080p display.

The level of stupidity you display(pun unintended) is staggering.

Oh right. The Nexus series has no HDMI output. :awe:

 

[Sable]

How much performance do you need in a tablet?! I've not found an app my Galaxy S2 can't run adequately. What apps are people running that require all this power?!