Nvidia Shows Tegra Kal El, Promises Five Times Performance

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. at Mobile World Convention (MWC) demonstrated for the first time the third-generation Tegra product called Kal El. The new incarnation of Tegra boasts five times higher performance compared to the predecessor, supports a number of new features and is projected to be available starting from August. The company also revealed Tegra roadmap till 2014.

Nvidia did not reveal precise specifications of Tegra "Kal El", but based on a previous report we do know that the system-on-chip is based on four Cortex-A9 application cores, will feature a GeForce graphics processor with twelve stream processors and will have a new display and video engines capable of supporting Blu-ray disc video playback and stereo-3D graphics output. Other capabilities and clock-speeds of the novelty are not known previously. Nvidia claims that the new chip outperforms Tegra 2 by up to five times.

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC), Nvidia demonstrated that the Tegra 3 can browse the Web, run games and stream/decode video with 2560x1440 (1440p) extreme HD resolution. At the trade-show Nvidia demonstrated its Tegra "Kal El" in an Android-based tablet with 10.1" screen.

Based on Coremark 1.0 benchmark results demonstrated by Nvidia, Tegra 3 is about two times faster than Tegra 2 and offers even higher performance compared to Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 desktop microprocessor.

The mobile powerhouse named after the planet where the Superman was born will first hit the market inside a PC in tablet form-factor sometimes in August and will even become a part of smartphones by Christmas, according to Nvidia.

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