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  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  It was almost clear when the first evidence of I9103 trickled onto the web but Nvidia has now confirmed that the Tegra 2 running Samsung phone is in fact Galaxy S II. Samsung originally announced the Galaxy S II at MWC with its own Exynos 4210 processor but will apparently launch the Tegra 2 [...]

  Marvell has created a new Applications Processor that makes dual-core 1.5GHz CPUs kind of old. They’ve created ARMADA 628 which is the world’s first System-on-Chip (SoC) tri-core processor running at 1.5GHz. The ARMADA 628 is targeted at high-end smartphones and tablets and touts impressive performance with low power consumption and longer battery life. Marvell [...]

  Intel’s Atom-processor based platform, formerly known as Moorestown is now available to OEMs. The platform comprises of a System-on-chip (SoC), a controller hub and dedicated Mixed Signal IC (MSIC) that promises to provide high performance while consuming very less power. The platform has the 45nm-based Atom Z6xx CPU with 3D Graphics, video encode/decode support, [...]

  Creative and ZiiLABS are hosting a Zii Summit in Shenzhen, China in December and though they’ll be showcasing technologies what we’ve already seen, there’s an interesting one that has never been seen or talked of. They’re planning to show a mobile platform that will harness the power of Zii system-on-chip and Android OS. Creative [...]

  Zii powered products are yet to be seen in the real market but ZiiLABS, creators of Zii chips and Creative’s subsidiary is continuing its domination in the SoC sector. They’ve announced the 3rd generation media applications processor, ZMS-08. The Stemcell processor offers quite a number of features that diminishes the difference between the capabilities [...]

  It was rumored for a long time and even semi-confirmed by a Nvidia employee recently but it was not acknowledged by Microsoft until now. In an official Zune Insider podcast, Matt Akers, the show host and the product team member confirmed that Nvidia’s Tegra is indeed the multimedia brain behind Zune HD who thinks [...]

  UPDATE: Video of Android running Snapdragon powered Eee PC added below. Qualcomm at the Computex presscon unveiled a 45nm based QSD8650A Snapdragon chipset. This SoC meant for smartphones and smartbooks (netbooks) advances over the previous Snapdragon chipsets and features a processor clocking at 1.3GHz, UMTS and CDMA 3G connectivity, GPS, Wi-Fi, hi-def video recording [...]

  This proof of concept by Nvidia is another evidence that they want to barge into Intel’s territory. Yes, Nvidia has Ion to take care of netbooks but when Tegra SoCs can work on netbooks, you know, the Tegra integration possibilities are endless. At the CTIA, Nvidia replaced an Atom chip with its Tegra processor [...]

  It was least expected but SoC makers have garnered the much needed attention at this year’s MWC that could shape the future of phones and other devices. We have already seen ZiiLabs showing their ZMS-05 SoC running Android and doing HD playback at 720p. Now Nvidia has announced their Tegra 600 Series SoC that [...]

  Now ZiiLABS is talking business. The hyped launch at the CES didn’t help much Creative to pitch its Zii SoC. But the above video explains it all, why are they competent. The video, as promised shows ZMS-05 running Android and video content at 720p. We anticipated some 1080p hotness but maybe their press release [...]

  Remember Zii? Yea, the SoC from Creative that was endlessly hyped to ‘change everything’. Well, to show how worthy their chip is, they will be demonstrating their ZMS-05 media processor to run up to 1080p content on the Android platform. Now if ZiiLABS’ ZMS SoC can do the full HD trick with ease, Qualcomm’s [...]