Gizmodo 
Enter your username and password.
Tip your editors:
Editorial Director:
Brian Lam | | Twitter
Editor:
Jason Chen
| AIM | Twitter
Features Editor:
Wilson Rothman
| Twitter
Senior Contributing Editors:
Jesus Diaz
| AIM | Twitter
Mark Wilson, Reviews
| AIM | Twitter
Contributing Editors:
Matt Buchanan
| AIM | Twitter
Adam Frucci
| Twitter
Sean Fallon
| Twitter
Jack Loftus
| Twitter
John Herrman
| Twitter
Dan Nosowitz
Chris Mascari
Kat Hannaford
| Twitter
Rosa Golijan
| Twitter
Chris Jacob
Columnist:
Brendan I. Koerner
Interns:
Don Nguyen
Kyle VanHemert
Comment Account Questions:
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.
12/16/09
12/16/09
12/16/09
It's really not that tough. If the Tegra 1 could decode 1080p video, then the new one can probably do it with lower CPU utilization and power consumption. I'm surprised the writers at Giz weren't able to guess that.
Beyond that, I'm sure Nvidia improved the 3D performance of the chip, and hopefully went for an ARM Cortex A8 CPU instead of ARM 11.
12/16/09
In contrast, the modern Cortex-A8 used in the iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre, Nokia N900, and Pandora game console represents the latest generation of ARM CPU cores. It also employs a DDR2 memory interface, erasing a serious performance bottleneck hobbling the Zune HD’s Tegra. It’s difficult to make fair and direct comparisons between different generations of technology, but NVIDIA’s own demonstrations of Tegra’s ARM11/integrated graphics show it achieving 35 fps in Quake III. The same software running on Pandora’s Coretex-A8 with SGX GPU core achieves 40-60 fps.
onsense as it simply counts logical blocks common to all embedded SoC parts as “cores.” The CPU in the Tegra is a single ARM11 core. Even if the Tegra did supply multiple CPU cores, the Windows CE kernel used by the Zune HD doesn’t support multi-core SMP so it couldn’t make any use of them. Again, if you’re wondering why Microsoft was able to score the NVIDIA Tegra “before” Apple, it wasn’t due to any mobile industry clout or hardware experience on Microsoft’s end, but rather simply due to the fact that Apple has its own resources for designing and building advanced, state of the art mobile processors, and didn’t need to buy into the desperate hype NVIDIA is using to promote the runner up technology of Apple’s former SoC vendor.
12/16/09
12/16/09
There, folks I have set the lower end of the bar for comments on Tegra 2.
and now that I have done this, no one else needs to. Standards can increase from here.
12/16/09
12/16/09
12/16/09
12/16/09
MAKE IT HAPPEN, GOOGLE. I WANT THIS.
12/16/09
12/16/09
Tegra is basically an Ion, plus an ARM CPU. It is designed mostly for Phones, PDAs, things like the Zune HD... It could also work as a netbook, but it would be unable to run Windows (well... It will run Windows CE, but not XP/Vista/7).
So, it would be fine for running Android/ChromeOS, since it would be compiled specifically for the Tegra. It would be quite low power thanks to the system on a chip design. And, best of all... my plan would come with free mobile Internet. Woo!
12/16/09
12/16/09
12/16/09
[apcmag.com]
The eight cores are:
* ARM 11
* ARM 7
* GPU
* 2D Engine
* HD Video Encoder
* HD Video Decoder
* Audio
* Imaging
"The Zune HD’s battery capacity is 660 mAh, about 16 percent less than the 789 mAh battery in the new iPod touch. Yet the Zune promises a longer run time than the touch for both music and videos."
Ipod Touch Battery life:
Music 30 Hours
Video 6 Hours
Zune HD:
Music 33 Hours
HD Video 8.5 Hours
12/16/09
12/16/09
12/16/09
12/16/09
12/16/09
12/16/09
And don't forget sidetalking.
@lixiaochenx277: Include a cell-phone radio for online multiplayer and to consolidate my phone into the device, and I'm sold.
10/02/09
10/02/09
10/02/09
First, there's just the plain smiley (colon, right parenthesis)
:)
Simple and fun. Great as a short finishing symbol after a thought or invitation, and one that almost everyone can understand. Smiles are universal, after all. Let's look at some imaginative noses, just to put some sparkle on that smiley.
Here's a pointy nose, pointing up, using the caret
:^)
Good times. We can try other noses, like the clown nose, for more lighthearted fun
:o)
... and for times that require a more agrarian spring or harvest-time spirit, the pig nose
:@)
It's hard to make gender-appropriate festive smileys, but you can make a great halloween smiley of any nose style by putting a 'less-than-pipe) witch hat on top, like this
<|:^)
As long as we want to play with hats, "greater-than" beards can make a charming addition to the more conventional smiley, shown here with a caret nose
<|:^)>
or maybe a fedora
<]:^)>
or maybe a cowboy hat for a western rodeo touch, but be careful, because it might look like devilish eyebrows if the context isn't quite right
<}:^)>
It's fun when you can put a sexy goatee on your smiley, too, using a right-bracket
<|:^)}
And don't forget the semicolon wink for that cheeky touch!
<|;^)}
Be creative, too. The person that gets your email will appreciate it. Try using a happy-tongue mouth from capital p, to add a saucy text-based raspberry
<|:^P}
That's just a start. Grab some sprinkles and your glue gun and a little fun and spirit and you can make your own smileys for any occasion.
Good times.
10/02/09
10/02/09
10/05/09
10/02/09
10/02/09
10/02/09
10/02/09
10/02/09
08/26/09
It's something that the makers know are relatively cheap to make. Few components, small package, light... However, it needs to sell for more because it can...
Brands like COBY & Mintek will certainly pick up on this.
08/26/09