Nvidia has gone all official with its Tegra 2 “super chip” for mobile phones and tablets. Featuring a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU, 1080p output, and efficient power consumption, the Tegra 2 will take mobile phones to a new level of graphical excellence. Gamers will be interested in the Tegra Zone app, which helps Android users find games that take advantage of the Tegra 2’s power. Here’s a clip from the press release:
It allows consumers to find Tegra-optimized games for their super phone or tablet, along with professional game reviews, high-res screenshots, HD video trailers, gameplay videos, and behind-the-scenes featurettes. Consumers can complete their purchase of Tegra Zone games on the Android Market.
Although I’m excited about the potential of dual-core chips for mobile phones and annoyed that a company is using the term “super chip”, the thing that’s stuck in my head is Tegra Zone. I keep hearing Kenny Loggins singing, “Highway to the Tegra Zone!” and that’s going to be in my head for at least the next two hours.
What do you think of the Tegra 2 and Tegra Zone app? What do you think this will do for mobile game and, more specifically, Android gaming?
Interesting tech behind this chip. I was very interested in this before I read about Marvell's chip. I have to say though, if the chip isn't bogged down by crap hardware around it, the devices it is in will perform at extremely high levels.
Tegra zone…we'll see. Is it inside of the Google Market or is it another widget/app that takes you to a digital market? Not that I have a problem with that, it's very much in line with how a commodity PC operates.
I had a rant about that in an older thread this morning.