Comments on: NVIDIA Announces Tegra 4i With Integrated LTE Chip, 60-core GPU, and Half the Size of New Snapdragons http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/ An intense Android news community bringing you the latest in phones, rooting, apps, and reviews. Sat, 25 May 2013 15:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: rstat1 http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2831584 rstat1 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:05:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2831584 I disagree. Firstly, x86 support is already available in AOSP, and secondly as far as the Linux kernel is concerned, Intel is among the top 3 contributors.

]]> By: Simon Belmont http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2795831 Simon Belmont Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:56:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2795831 I wouldn’t call it a backtrack. The regular Tegra 4 chip is A15 based.

This one is A9 based because it’s more budget friendly. Different chips for different demographics.

]]> By: Mike Hilal http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2795599 Mike Hilal Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:51:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2795599 No nvidia. Unless you WANT the phone to suck. Sammy, Ti, or QC

]]> By: Olga Peluso http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2795435 Olga Peluso Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:09:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2795435 If you think Angela`s story is astonishing…, last munth my sisters mother in-law basically made $9447 working eleven hours a week in their apartment and there co-worker’s mother-in-law`s neighbour did this for nine months and got paid more than $9447 part-time from there laptop. use the tips at this address, jump15.comCHECK IT OUT

]]> By: JWellington http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2795158 JWellington Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:01:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2795158 Actually, x86 is the most ubiquitous platform there is. It has wide support across the board: GNU GCC and the Linux Kernel are stalwarts.

]]> By: kixofmyg0t http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2795153 kixofmyg0t Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:58:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2795153 It’s more like Tegra3+.

]]> By: kixofmyg0t http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2795151 kixofmyg0t Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2795151 Well seeing how nVidia screwed Motorola in a exclusivity deal right after the Atrix and Xoom hit market (which they then dumped remaining inventory into making the horrible X2) and never went back I’m going to say you’re wrong.

The X will be Snapdragon based.

]]> By: Jonathan Bunch http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2794937 Jonathan Bunch Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:40:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2794937 well it wont work on verzions network anway so oh well… :/

]]> By: bull3964 http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2794927 bull3964 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:33:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2794927 I sure as hell hope not. This is a low to mid end SoC. This is not a superphone SoC. An A9 based SoC has no business in a superphone slated for mid to late 2013.

]]> By: bull3964 http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2794923 bull3964 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2794923 It depends if they did anything else to that quad core A9 design from Tegra 3. Tegra 3, quite frankly, is quite slow now.

The S4 is an A9 core with many A15 like design elements which puts it halfway between the two generations and a dual core S4 handily dispatches the quad core Tegra 3. If all they did is die shrink the Tegra3 and increase the clock speed, then successive generations of dual core S4s are going to continue to eat its lunch when it comes to performance, even in the low end space.

Right now I own devices with the following chipsets.

OMAP3 (OG Droid)
Tegra 2 (Motorola Xoom)
OMAP4 (Galaxy Nexus)
Tegra 3 (Nexus 7)
S4 (Razr HD MAXX)
Exynos 5 (Nexus 10)

I can tell you the last two on that list are head and shoulders above the predecessors in performance (with the Exynos 5 blowing everything out of the water.)

Then there’s the fact that Nvidia is a new kid on the block when it comes to integrated LTE. It’s going to be a hard sale going up against proven solutions like qualcomm which have virtually eliminated battery LTE battery penalty and stability issues.

It’s just standard Nvidia being about 6 months behind the curve and it’s going to be increasingly harder for them to get OEMs to use their chipsets has they shrink their product lineups and concentrate on a few devices a year.

]]> By: SJFee http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2794920 SJFee Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:26:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2794920 I agree – I’ll take a small hit in CPU performance for a larger increase in power efficiency. Battery is still the long pole in the tent for me.

]]> By: C-Law http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2794903 C-Law Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:06:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2794903 I see this being used for low end phones only most likely. The high end phones will run A15 SoC to be able to say they are the latest and greatest thing. Nvidia will continue to be behind Qualcomm for at least this year since I’m sure Samsung has already picked a Qualcomm based a15 core for their American s4 and the note 3 will probably follow suit. Unless Samsung is using their own chips in north America this year

]]> By: coolsilver http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2794897 coolsilver Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:56:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2794897 It isn’t much a backtrack. CPUs often reduce size of chip while taking back a little. If they can cram all that into a chip smaller than the one with the smaller nanometer circuits then they can boost even more when it drops nanometer size again. It’s about size and efficiency.

]]> By: Jonathan Bunch http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2794891 Jonathan Bunch Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:52:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2794891 yup calling it right now, this will be in the Xphone!

]]> By: owan http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/19/nvidia-announces-tegra-4i-with-integrated-lte-chip-60-core-gpu-and-half-the-size-of-new-snapdragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2794889 owan Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:51:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=99063#comment-2794889 Seems like a shame nV decided to stick this with what looks like a simple die shrink of the Tegra 3 CPU. Why not a 2+1 A15 rather than a 4+1 A9 when everyone else is moving away from the old A9 core.

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