Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC promises PC-like performance with improved battery life

November 9, 2011 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

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 the graphical performance of Tegra 2 and up to 61 percent lower power consumption. Another unique feature of Tegra 3 is the fifth companion CPU that is designed to carry out less-performance intensive tasks like playing music, reading documents etc. The fifth CPU effectively enhances the battery life further.

Additionally, Tegra 3 supports 3D via HDMI 1.4, improved HTML5 and WebGL support, optimized Javascript engine and more.

The first device to be powered by Tegra 3 will be Asus’ Transformer Prime.

iPhone Duo Is Apple’s First Foldable Phone

September 10, 2026 By News Team Leave a Comment

Apple has unveiled iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone. Apple has chosen a passport-like form factor that gives the phone much-needed compactness and makes it easier to carry around, with two displays. Speaking of the screens, the iPhone Duo comes with a 7.6-inch inner display and a 5.4-inch outer display that uses a nano-texture finish […]

PlayStation will stop game discs by 2028, PS3 and PS Vita Store by 2027

July 1, 2026 By Manav Leave a Comment

Sony has announced it will discontinue physical disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles starting January 2028, alongside a separate decision to shut down the PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita in phases through 2027. From January 2028, new PlayStation games will be available only in digital format, both on PlayStation […]

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