Quad core....coming soon to a tablet or phone near you

81

oh baby....

sign me up

We're all still wrapping our heads around dual-core processors. So it only makes sense that Nvidia decided to drop the next next generation mobile processor on us at Mobile World Congress. Codenamed Kal-El (yeah, like Super Man), we're now ushering in the era (on the technical side, anyway) of quad-core mobile processors.

What you'll see in the demo after the break is not Tegra 3 -- it's a hot-off-the-press processor that's more powerful than anything you've held in your hand and that Nvidia says gets a 5x performance boost over Tegra 2. On top of that, it's got a 12-core graphics processor built in, with support for stereo 3D.

And on top of that is the capability to output video at a mind-blowing 2560x1600 resolution -- basically hotter than the sun, or something like that.

Effect on battery life -- it's really better to call it "power consumption" at this early stage -- well, Nvidia constantly stresses it's one of its main concerns. And, again, you have to remember that multiple cores doesn't mean an exponential increase in power consumption. And besides, we'll worry about that once it's in consumer facing devices.

So when will we see these quad-core chips in something we can buy? Nvidia tells us tablets around August, and phones by the end of the year. Yes, that soon

HeavyHands

Perhaps the single greatest advancement being made by the transition from desktop to mobile/hand-held computing is in the development of new battery technologies. Better, more efficient ways of sustainably powering these increasingly capable devices are a complete necessity for delivering a solid user experience.

But batteries aren't a very flashy subject so no one talks about it.

81

HeavyHands wrote:

Perhaps the single greatest advancement being made by the transition from desktop to mobile/hand-held computing is in the development of new battery technologies. Better, more efficient ways of sustainably powering these increasingly capable devices are a complete necessity for delivering a solid user experience.

But batteries aren't a very flashy subject so no one talks about it.

agreed.

they need to put some research into increased battery power in a smaller space, as well as making the hardware more effiecient

Phantom Pain

Eventually you'll have to use your phone plugged into the charger all the time

Jokertt14

Phantom Pain wrote:

Eventually you'll have to use your phone plugged into the charger all the time

You Got that one Right !!

dunkman

is quadcore just porn with four people? or porn with actors that have no arms or legs?

Dissidentman

dunkman wrote:

is quadcore just porn with four people? or porn with actors that have no arms or legs?

I don't know about all that, but it will apparently get you there faster, legs or not.

Lizard

i thought this was going to be about crunches.

eyedclaar

81, you are one techno-gadet lovin' motherjammer, aren't you?

Dissidentman

eyedclaar wrote:

81, you are one techno-gadet lovin' motherjammer, aren't you?

More toys than Ziggy, yes/no?

norm

Dissidentman wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

81, you are one techno-gadet lovin' motherjammer, aren't you?

More toys than Ziggy, yes/no?

i'd rather see ziggy play with her toys than the smoking baby play with his

chadwick

norm wrote:

Dissidentman wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

81, you are one techno-gadet lovin' motherjammer, aren't you?

More toys than Ziggy, yes/no?

i'd rather see ziggy play with her toys than the smoking baby play with his

+ numerous

81

eyedclaar wrote:

81, you are one techno-gadet lovin' motherjammer, aren't you?

love me some superphones.