NVIDIA announces Tegra K1 mobile processor, a 192 core “super chip” [CES2014]
With the introduction of Apple’s A7 chipset on the iPhone 5s, 64-bit has become the latest technology buzz for manufacturers like Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Samsung and MediaTek. Qualcomm following Apple’s way has introduced its own 64-bit chipset – Snapdragon. Now its the turn of NVIDIA’s catching-up with Apple’s A7 and Qualcomm. The company has announced Tegra K1, a 192 core “super chip” with dual-core 2.5GHz Denver CPU and 64-bit support at CES 2014.
“Over the past two decades, NVIDIA invented the GPU and has developed more graphics technologies than any other company,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder and CEO, NVIDIA. “With Tegra K1, we’re bringing that heritage to mobile. It bridges the gap between mobile computing and super computing”
“We can take absolutely anything that runs on PC or high-end console and run it on Tegra now,” Epic Games’ founder Tim Sweeney said.
The glimpse of Tegra K1 is as follows :
- 192 CUDA cores – Parallel and Programmable
- Runs the same Kepler graphics Architecture as the previous
- Uses a single Kepler SMX
- The Tegra K1 will be available in two versions
- Quad core Cortex A15
- Dual-core Denver CPUs(64-bit ARMv8)
The Tegra K1 will not only be found in Android smartphones and tablets starting in a few months, along with this it will also be found in 4K televisions, consoles, and cars little later. The 32-bit version is expected in devices in the first half of 2014, while the 64-bit version is expected in devices in the second half of the year.
Stayed tuned in our CES coverage page for more details.