Nvidia's CEO: Quad core tablets in 2011

[Fire&Blood]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabe...-ceo-quad-core-tablets-coming-by-end-of-year/



Apparently, the 45 nm parts power draw can be managed with tablet batteries, phones have to wait for the 28 nm parts.


With a full discount eligibility starting Dec 16, it makes sense to wait for a quad core ICS phone. Even more considering contract durations, wouldn't want to be stuck with a phone with none or sub-par ICS experience.

 

[Bateluer]

Average phone battery for a high end smartphone is what? 1400-1500MAh? A 10in tablet pretty much has a laptop sized battery.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I can't wait for quad-core Nvidia tablets. High profile x264 support, NEON support, 5 times the GPU power of Tegra 2 (so finally something better than the iPad 2). It is gonna be great.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

quad core tablets sound cool but theyll have to have reasonable 4g plans to give most people a woodie

plus, new phones have near tablet resolutions, so hello, smart phones are the new tablets

 

[alent1234]

I can't wait for quad-core Nvidia tablets. High profile x264 support, NEON support, 5 times the GPU power of Tegra 2 (so finally something better than the iPad 2). It is gonna be great.

until the next year when apple's new 3d transistor CPU hits the market

 

[Genx87]

until the next year when apple's new 3d transistor CPU hits the market

Nvidia's wayne processor is expected in 2012. Quadcore Cortex A-15 CPU with a better GPU than Kal-El.

 

[quest55720]

Maybe that will give non windows tablets enough horse power to run a full desktop browser with full flash support.

 

[SunnyD]

quad core tablets sound cool but theyll have to have reasonable 4g plans to give most people a woodie

plus, new phones have near tablet resolutions, so hello, smart phones are the new tablets

The only "reasonable" 4g plan would be free and unlimited. I'll stick with the ubiquitous wifi thanks.

 

[Mopetar]

The big question is whether or not any tablets worth owning will ship in 2011. Last year the Tegra 2 was available, but the first devices to use it were terrible by most measures. We didn't actually see many worthwhile devices until late 1Q, early 2Q of 2011.

Until a company like Samsung or Asus releases a flagship device using the Tegra 3, I can't see many people going after them.

 

[alent1234]

i'm still wondering why did Moto dump Tegra 2 for OMAP. was it a technical reason or is Moto just dumb and treats every phone as a whole new project?

unless these tablets are cheap, no data plan required, and there is actually decent software support they will bomb in the market against the iPad

 

[bfdd]

Pretty sure that was the same thing they said a year ago.

 

[s44]

The big question is whether or not any tablets worth owning will ship in 2011.

Transformer 2.

Asus has already worked out the kinks with the keydock and such, and we won't have tsunami-related delays this time.

 

[Bateluer]

The big question is whether or not any tablets worth owning will ship in 2011. Last year the Tegra 2 was available, but the first devices to use it were terrible by most measures. We didn't actually see many worthwhile devices until late 1Q, early 2Q of 2011.

Until a company like Samsung or Asus releases a flagship device using the Tegra 3, I can't see many people going after them.

HoneyComb wasn't available then, they had to make do with Froyo. Which works ok, but 'officially' bars it from gapps. No Market without some tweaking. When Tegra 3 launches, they'll have HoneyComb ready out the gate, and they've probably got prelaunch ICS code to work with already.

i'm still wondering why did Moto dump Tegra 2 for OMAP. was it a technical reason or is Moto just dumb and treats every phone as a whole new project?

unless these tablets are cheap, no data plan required, and there is actually decent software support they will bomb in the market against the iPad

Moto used the Tegra 2 in the Droid X2, the Atrix, and the Photon.

Also, pretty much every HC tablet has a wifi only option, which requires no data plan. Define cheap too, they're at ~300-500 dollars. AT wants to pay 600 for a Tab 7.7 though.

Software is a big issue though. Pretty much all tablets are luxury devices, they don't have a practical use beyond couch surfing. Which is retarded.

 

[alent1234]

don't know about android tabs, but my ipad 2 is an awesome educational tool for my older kid.

so why did Moto dump tegra 2? HTC uses Qualcomm CPU's in every handset they make. it makes for faster and cheaper engineering cycles.

 

[Bateluer]

so why did Moto dump tegra 2? HTC uses Qualcomm CPU's in every handset they make. it makes for faster and cheaper engineering cycles.

HTC owns a stake in Qualcomm.

 

[s44]

I heard the LTE radio was interfering with T2 or vice versa. Seems plausible.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

The only "reasonable" 4g plan would be free and unlimited. I'll stick with the ubiquitous wifi thanks.

i dont think they will ever allow unlimited data on devices other than phones. if they did everyone would start using their (in most cases faster) 4g connection to replace dsl/cable and then the wireless carriers would have an insane situation on their hands

 

[SAWYER]

They can have all the cores in the world, they need to worry more about the apps

 

[Makaveli]

Maybe that will give non windows tablets enough horse power to run a full desktop browser with full flash support.

You mean like the HP touchpad I just bought 🙂

 

[Makaveli]

They can have all the cores in the world, they need to worry more about the apps

I agree with this your not gonna be encoding Xvid movies on a tablet.

The apps are what make or break them aslong as the hardware is decent so Dual core fair amount of ram and a decent gpu.

 

[poofyhairguy]

The apps are what make or break them aslong as the hardware is decent so Dual core fair amount of ram and a decent gpu.

Any tablet not named the iPad 2 probably has too weak of a GPU for its resolution. The quad core generation will be huge for android.

 

[hanoverphist]

that stick holding that carrot keeps getting longer

 

[Bateluer]

I heard the LTE radio was interfering with T2 or vice versa. Seems plausible.

That was the rumor. Nvidia denied it, but the only Tegra 2 LTE device I'm aware of is the Samsung Tab 10.1 LTE that launched recently, and the Moto Xoom after it gets the upgrade. Took them long enough, could have been some kinks.

They can have all the cores in the world, they need to worry more about the apps

Been saying this for a while, there's good apps for HoneyComb and more coming, but nothing that really makes the tablet a 'must buy'. 3.2 adds the zoom feature for better capability with phone-centric apps, but its a stop gap thing. No tablet has a 'I must buy this tablet now!' app.

Any tablet not named the iPad 2 probably has too weak of a GPU for its resolution. The quad core generation will be huge for android.

Yeesh, how much CPU power do you really need? I think you meant GPU performance though. CPU-wise, the Apple A5 and Tegra 2 are pretty close. The A5's GPU easily bests Nvidia's Geforce ULV though, by a lot. Even accounting for the higher 1280x800 common to HC tablets.

 

[Fire&Blood]

Quad core, on a die shrink, with the LPDDR2 RAM, can't wait.