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Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang unveiled two brand new products at the consumer electronics show on January 7th. The first is Tegra 4, a CPU for tablets and smartphones that will revolutionize the industry. The second is the Shield.
The Tegra 4 is pretty much a quad-core system on a chipset, it can
stream high definitions videos to 4K resolution TVs, and is expected to
be used in smart phones, smart TVs, stream boxes, and is the primary
basis for Nvidia’s first standalone gaming console.
The Shield is a handheld console, with 14 hours of battery life, a
controller that rivals any gaming console, a 5-inch 720p retina display
screen, and the ability to stream HD video to HD TVs.
We know that by now your nerd senses are tingling. While most of us
are not at all interested in Tegra 4 technology, and are wondering if
there ever were Tegras 1, 2 or 3; we would love to get our hands on the
Shield.
The handheld console will most definitely be the hottest selling
gizmo out there, and will not be outdated, or out performed any time
soon. Its android build allows it to be updated consistently, so you can
expect some sleek new improvements in the future as well.
Although you may not have heard about Tegra, it is a commonly used Nvidia product
in smartphones (Google’s Nexus 7, HTC’s One X), tablets (Microsoft’s
Surface tablet), and the Sony PSP handheld gaming device. All the
devices we have just mentioned used previous versions of Tegra (mostly
Tegra 3) so one can only imagine how Tegra 4 based devices will
function.
Tegra 4 has 72 GPU cores, 4G LTE Modem Processors, and 4A15 CPU cores.
You can play your favorite video games on it, and use its 5 inch
retina display when you are away from your TV/monitor, and can stream
your HD video to the large screen. So when you take bathroom breaks
during your marathon gaming sessions, you do not have to put the game on
pause; we could go into further details here but we know you get the
gist.
While Tegra 4 and the Shield are an awesome development for gamers;
this technology will revolutionize the smartphone industry as well.
Capturing videos and photos will become an entirely different experience
through smart phones, and many professional photographers will utilize
this technology to its fullest.
With the launch of Shield, Nvidia starts its journey in an entirely
new direction. We all know the company is not known for its standalone
consumer products, but they sure have picked the right product to enter
this market.
If Nvidia starts its own line of smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and
so on, they will be another major player in the market. For now it
seems that the company would wait and see how the Shield is received in
the market, and then they might venture into a new line of products.
