NVIDIA Announces The Tegra X1 SoC With Maxwell Graphics

[phoronix]

Phoronix: NVIDIA Announces The Tegra X1 SoC With Maxwell Graphics

For the better part of the year I've been using a NVIDIA Tegra K1 that sports four Cortex-A15 CPU cores and a Kepler class GPU, which yields incredible ARM performance and is all-around a great SoC. Kicking off CES week though is NVIDIA announcing the Tegra X1, which enters the 64-bit ARM world and is using a Maxwell GPU...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTg3OTc

[kwahoo]

The NVIDIA Tegra X1 is a big.LITTLE design that offers four high-performance Cortex-A57 CPU cores and four Cortex-A53 high-efficiency CPU cores for the lighter weight work.

Denver kaput?

[blackout23]

Denver kaput?

The Tegra X1 is aimed at automobiles where power consumption isn't that much of an issue and you rather use more power to get more compute power. Can't compare the two.

[tuke81]

Well there might be two different designs as there was with k1. Never heard saying don't put all the eggs in to the same basket.

[johnc]

Denver kaput?

I'm definitely not seeing the dividends from all that Denver research, but I do understand that using a "stock" ARM design allows them to push this out quicker. So maybe like the K1 we'll see a Denver version as well.


Some nice video capabilities with this thing too. H.265 and VP9 codec support, 4K 60Hz and 10-bit H.265 decode support. Would be nice to see an HTPC-type device built around this. It's a shame we're not seeing Steam In-Home Streaming being made available for ARM devices. This could be a nice HTPC / Android gaming / Steam Streamer combo chip.

[AJSB]

What NVIDIA should do is buy a x86 license (from VIA ?) and make the ultimate APU.

Just my opinion....

[johnc]

What NVIDIA should do is buy a x86 license (from VIA ?) and make the ultimate APU.

Just my opinion....

x86 license is not transferable from what I've read.

[xeizo]

x86 license is not transferable from what I've read.

Arrange, through clever scheming, so that it looks like VIA buys Nvidia ... win-win for consumers ...

[molecule-eye]

The Tegra X1 is aimed at automobiles where power consumption isn't that much of an issue and you rather use more power to get more compute power. Can't compare the two.

The problem is that it seems like overkill for the intended market. I watched a tech demo on The Verge and they didn't showcase anything Denver couldn't handle.

[AJSB]

x86 license is not transferable from what I've read.

NVIDIA buys VIA or VIA buys NVIDIA, or in alternative, both companies merge in a new company with each have a % of shares, problem solved.

Hell , i even propose a new name:

NVIDIA