Nvidia on Mobile World Congress 2011 has announced a Quad-Core chip code named Kal-El. It contains four cores and delivers 5 times the CPU capacity of a Tegra 2 processor and 3 times the Graphic capacity. Well this is really exciting and interesting. They have announced that the chips should be available in tablets this August and in smartphones this Christmas.
It also has a 12 Core Nvidia Geforce GPU. Nvidia's new chip can handle 1440p videos at 2560x1660 pixel resolution. Well that's one heck of a media performance. Also they reported that it will consume less energy and provide more battery life. Because you can run four cores at low voltage and lesser clock speed than a single chip running at higher speed.
Nvidia hasn't said anything that whether the chip will be renamed Tegra 3 before the launch but this is the successor to the popular Tegra 2 chip.
Nvidia's sticking with the superhero names for the other upcoming chips as well. Kal-El is the Kryptonian name for Superman. The next chips in order will be called Wayne(Batman), Loagan(Wolverine) and Stark(Iron Man). They will be released in the next three consecutive years. And the Stark chip will have 75 times better capacity than the Nvidia Tegra 2 chip.
Also both Qualcomm and Freescale has promised to bring Dual Core chips to the market by the year end. So we will be seeing many Quad-Core devices by the year end.
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