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NVIDIA Enters the Mobile CPU Market

Posted by kdawson on from the or-should-we-say-mobile-gpu dept.

Vigile writes "NVIDIA just announced the new Tegra line, a complete system architecture on one chip. Built around a licensed x86 ARM 11 CPU, this tiny chip (smaller than a US dime) includes a processor, memory controller, southbridge, and 3D and video processors. The SoC design is meant to give iPhone-type devices a more impressive visual experiences while maintaining idle power consumption under 100 mW. While not a direct competitor to Intel's Atom or VIA's Nano processors, the NVIDIA Tegra will no doubt push the envelope in handhelds and cement NVIDIA's place in the world of computing going forward."

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  1. Not x86 by zsazsa · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article summary is wrong or has a typo or something. This is not on some weird hybrid x86/ARM platform; it's just ARM.

    1. Re:Not x86 by OrangeTide · · Score: 5, Funny

      Screw that, I will only buy an ARM if it's an x86 ARM. I need to run Vista, a computer is not a computer without Vista!!

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    2. Re:Not x86 by jd · · Score: 5, Funny

      If it was an x86, it would be mostly 'armless.

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  2. Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to by DrunkenTerror · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ars had a good article about it

    Stupid lameness filter.

  3. Not x86 by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Insightful

    oh yeah, kdawson. Go figure. From the article title: "Its not X86, but who cares?"

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  4. Dupe by Hektor_Troy · · Score: 5, Informative

    We had the exact same thing yesterday

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/02/1441214

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    1. Re:Dupe by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Funny

      We had the exact same thing yesterday And you'll be getting it again tomorrow if you don't eat yer veggies!
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    2. Re:Dupe by Dahamma · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not quite the exact same thing... this one is LESS accurate ;)

  5. Re:OoO ?? by klingens · · Score: 5, Informative

    Out of Order execution