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  Nvidia today confirmed that their Icera modem chipset has earned a validation on AT&T’s LTE network. This is good news for AT&T smartphone and tablet users as there’s a high possibility as Nvidia will integrate the Icera chipset with its Tegra 3 to deliver an all-round performance. The chipset that got certified is the [...]

  Nvidia has revealed that they’re working on a platform that will allow tablet makers to develop and sell powerful quad-core tablets at an affordable price. It’s the Nvidia Kai platform that will bring ICS-running quad-core tablets at a price tag of $199. While it won’t exactly be Tegra 3, VP Rob Csonger says Kai [...]

  Nvidia has announced a new Kepler-based GPU that promises a good bang for the buck. Nvidia says the GeForce GTX 670 is “engineered from the same DNA” as Nvidia’s high-end GTX 680 but is priced at a modest $399, which compared to the competition gives a 45 percent improved graphics performance while consuming 18 [...]

  Nvidia has confirmed that they’ll launch a new Tegra 3 processor later this year. While the details are scarce at the moment the chip will mostly be called as Tegra 3+ and will boast improved processing and graphics performance. Nvidia’s roadmap also hints at two new processors on the way, codenamed Wayne and Grey. [...]

  Tegra 3 has four main cores that drive all the processing power but Nvidia recently confirmed to have added another core that allows the device to carry-out less performance intensive tasks while maintaining the device’s battery life. While it was referred to as a companion or a ninja core back then, Nvidia has decided [...]

Nvidia is a renowned brand when it comes to PC GPUs but for the past few years, the company started emphasizing on the burgeoning mobile devices market. Needless to say, they’ve tasted decent success there too with Tegra chips and it seems this year will be better with the launch of the world’s first quad-core [...]

  Nvidia had promised to launch the Kal-el platform by end of this year and well, here it is, toting the official Tegra 3 moniker. Tegra 3 features a quad-core CPU and 12-core GeForce GPU that touts to bring PC-like performance in mobile devices and also improve battery life. In perspective, Tegra 3 provides 3x [...]

  Looks like Nvidia is making Tegra 3 ready for primetime. An official looking Tegra 3 promo has made it out on the web. Tegra 3 code-named Kal-El is Nvidia’s next-generation mobile SoC that boasts a powerful quad-core processor. The video basically highlights Kal-El’s abilities like better multi-tasking, improved graphics, improved handling of Adobe Flash [...]

  Nvidia has announced its renowned GeForce LAN Gaming Tournament for Indian gamers. Professional and part-time gamers can enroll in the tournament for free to battle it out to be the “Ultimate Gamer.” Unlike the international GeForce LAN tournament that allows gamers to bring their own PC (BYOC), the India-specific GeForce LAN is equipped with [...]

  Nvidia has been touting Kal-el System-on-Chip to have four CPU cores however, an official whitepaper from Nvidia confirms that Kal-el has a fifth core that was not disclosed previously. The fifth core known as the Companion core works the same way as other processing cores but the only difference is that it is meant [...]

  Nvidia has introduced a new tool for broadcasters and professionals to deliver better quality and improved on-air graphics with very low latency. The GPUDirect for Video announced at IBC last week takes allows industry-standard video I/O devices to communicate with the Quadro or Tesla GPUs at ultra-low latency. The result is that the GPUDirect [...]

  Nvidia has launched their Tegra Zone website to complement its Tegra Zone Android app. The website now makes it easier for consumers to learn about the platform, Tegra-optimized games and enable Tegra device owners to purchase content. The site in short, brings all the Tegra Zone app goodness on the computer, plus allowing to [...]

  Asus’ next-generation Transformer 2 will apparently be the first device to be powered Nvidia’s Kal El aka Tegra 3 platform. This piece of news comes via Fudzilla’s “multiple sources” who say Transformer’s successor will be the first one to sport the quad-core SoC before a barrage of devices come in 2012. Kal El or [...]

  Nvidia has announced new 3D glasses that promises to give the 3D goodness at an affordable price. The wired 3D Vision glasses are priced at just $99 and features the same active shutter technology, making it compatible with more than 65 different 3D Vision-enabled products and more than 525 3D games, movies etc. The [...]

  Nvidia today announced that its Tegra 2 System-on-chip has received the Best Choice Award from Taipei Computer Association who handles the Computex expo. The Tegra 2 chip was selected amongst 400 products from electronics product category and marks a third straight year for winning this award. Nvidia had previously won the Best Choice award [...]