Kin the First Smartphone Use Nvidia Chip Tegra

San Fransisco, GadgetInfo - Not only with a new concept, the presence of Microsoft and Sharp's design Kin smartphone also put a new smartphone chip competition. Kin One and Kin Two are the first line of mobile phones that use Tegra chip made by Nvidia .

Tegra was introduced almost two years and is widely used in handheld devices, including Zune HD, music player made by Microsoft, and M1 by Samsung. However, Tegra was never used on smartphones before.

"The hardware manufacturers initially very careful to use Tegra into smartphone. However, they are more confident now. It is indeed necessary to presents it in the market," said Bruce Chan, a spokesman for Nvidia as reported by PC World, Tuesday (13 / 4 / 2010).

Nvidia, whose well known as a graphics chip maker, launches Tegra to compete with chip manufacturers such as Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Intel. Tegra is claimed to be able to deliver high-quality graphics with low power requirements on the phone. Tegra integrates an ARM-based processor, the core of the GeForce graphics chips and other components.

"They're using Tegra APX 2600 chip made by Nvidia to provide high-quality multimedia experience, including 720p HD video playback and recording," says Chan.

Nvidia also affirms its commitment to the future development of Tegra. Tegra chip 2 will be released in the fourth quarter of this year. That chip is promised up to four times the processing speed of the first Tegra chip and can play 1080p HD video. Smartphone with Tegra2 also will be released on the market at the end of the year.