Nvidia unviels the Tegra 2 processor

At the ongoing CES, Nvidia showed off the next iteration of it’s Mobile graphics processor, Tegra 2, the world’s first processor for the mobile web, specifically designed for the high-resolution needs of tablets.

According to Nvidia, the chip can be compared to high end PCs from 3-4 years ago, and is at least 4x faster than it’s predecessor. Key to Tegra’s capabilities are eight independent processors, including the world’s first dual core CPU for mobile applications. Similar to the company’s other tech demos, Nvidia showed the Unreal Engine 3 running at a smooth frame rate on it’s new processor, but sadly we saw nothing new as we had already seen the same running on a 3rd gen iPod, a few weeks ago. Check out below what the new Tegra 2 has to offer:

Tegra is the power behind the new generation of tablets, offering:
+ 3D touchscreen user interfaces
+ Amazing battery life— always-on and always-connected
+ Adobe Flash Player 10.1 acceleration for streaming video and 3D mobile games
+ Resolution ranging from four-to-eight times that of smartphones
+ Form factors and screen sizes ranging from 5-15 inches
+ Immersive gaming, vivid photos and video, and crystal-clear audio

Next Generation Tegra is a leap in mobile computing performance with:
+ The world’s first dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU running up to 1GHz
+ Eight independent processors to handle web browsing, HD video encode and decode and mobile 3D gaming
+ 10x faster than the processors used in smartphones today, and up to 4x the performance of the previous generation Tegra processor
+ Advanced TSMC 40nm process with active power management

[CES 2010] Nvidia Tegra 2 Game Demo

[CES 2010] Nvidia Tegra 2 Dev Kit