NVIDIA kicked off its CES 2014 participation by announcing a new mobile processor. The NVIDIA Tegra K1 is billed as a “192-core super chip” that brings the power of next-generation PC gaming to mobile devices. This fifth generation Tegra chipset uses the same NVIDIA Kepler architecture found in its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti PC graphics card. “Over the past […]
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NVIDIA rolling out Tegra Note 7 Android 4.3 upgrade
NVIDIA took matters into its own hands to demonstrate the power of its Tegra 4 SoC by launching the Tegra NOTE 7 reference design. It is now available from a number of partners. For all those who picked up from partners such as ADVENT, EVGA, ADVENT, Gigabyte and XOLO, there is good news today in the form of the first […]
NVIDIA unveils US$199 NVIDIA Tegra Note tablet
The combination of impressive specifications and low price made the first generation Google Nexus 7 one of the best tablets of 2012. Much of that success can be attributed to NVIDIA’s Kai Tegra 3 reference design. Now NVIDIA is back with a new reference design called the NVIDIA Tegra Note and as the name implies, it adds stylus support. NVIDIA […]
Xiaomi unveils NVIDIA Tegra 4-powered Xiaomi Mi3 smartphone
Xiaomi, the Chinese company that recently made quite a splash by hiring Hugo Barra away from Google, today unveiled the world’s first smartphone to be powered by the NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor, the Xiaomi Mi3. It features impressive specifications at a price that seriously undercuts similar or inferior devices from competitors such as LG and Samsung. “The Mi3 with Tegra […]
NVIDIA SHIELD goes on sale in Canada and the U.S.
As promised, the NVIDIA SHIELD finally went on sale today after manufacturing issues delayed its launch by about a month. It has also begun to ship to customers who had pre-ordered it. The Android-powered portable gaming console can play Android games from Nvidia’s TegraZone and Google Play as well as PC games streamed from Steam. It is also one of the […]
NVIDIA SHIELD to begin shipping July 31st
There is good news today for those eagerly hoping to get their hands on the Android-powered NVIDIA SHIELD. A “mechanical issue” that delayed the launch has been resolved and the company today let customers who had pre-ordered the portable gaming platform know that shipments will begin on July 31st. We want to thank you for your patience and for sticking with […]
NVIDIA SHIELD launch delayed over “mechanical issue”
NVIDIA yesterday announced that it was delaying the launch of its Android-powered SHIELD portable gaming console because of a “mechanical issue” with a third-party component. The company provided the following statement: During our final QA process, we discovered a mechanical issue that relates to a 3rd party component. We want every SHIELD to be perfect, so we have elected to […]
CES 2013: NVIDIA unveils Project SHIELD Android gaming platform
Along with its new Tegra 4 SoC, NVIDIA has unveiled the first device to use it. In a surprise move, it turns out to be one that has designed. Project SHIELD is a portable gaming platform that will play not only Android games but also PC titles by streaming them over a LAN from a PC equipped with an NVIDIA […]