Chromium OS Ported To The Nexus 7
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Hexxeh uploaded a video showing his port and to be honest, it’s pretty cool. Check it out for yourself below:
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Hexxeh uploaded a video showing his port and to be honest, it’s pretty cool. Check it out for yourself below:
Nvidia Tegra 4 leaks, promises 6x the performance of Tegra 3
Details of the Nvidia Tegra 4 processor have been leaked, and the capabilities of the new processor will surely be causing sleepless nights to Samsung and Qualcomm. If the leaked details are true, it will surely give silicon from Samsung and Qualcomm a serious run for their money. The latest Nvidia’s upcoming Tegra 4 processor has been aptly named Wayne.
The details of the Nvidia Tegra 4 processor have been leaked by the Chinese Techno site Chip Hell. The leak details the 28 nanometer 4 plus 1 quad cores with a dedicated fifth core to save battery power. Nvidia will be adopting the ARM’s latest Cortex-A15 design.
The Graphics Processor Unit is a 72-core GPU which offers 20-times the performance of the Tegra 2 and six-times the current-generation Tegra 3. The chip can enable a screen of 2,560 x 1600 resolution display which is almost equal to that of Nexus 10 tablet.
Apple features the A6X processor which powers the iPad 4th generation and is said to be four times as fast as the Tegra 3. The Tegra 4 will force the Cupertino Techno giant to look for a better processor for its future releases.
The Tegra 4 is also the first chip from Nvidia to support USB 3.0, along with dual-channel DDR3L memory.
If you go out and buy a tablet today with Nvidia’s Tegra system on a chip (SoC) powering it, chances are you’ll be getting a Tegra 3 solution. That’s still a decent solution in terms of performance, offering a 40nm ARMv7 quad-core (plus-1) processor running at between 1.2GHz and 1.6GHz, combined with a 416-520MHz GeForce GPU.
But competition is growing from the likes of Samsung’s Exynos and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon solutions. Nvidia has an answer though, in the form of Tegra 4, and it looks like the spec of the new SoC has just leaked.
Tegra 4, codenamed Wayne, will move to a 28nm process and stick with a quad-core plus-1 design. It’s not mentioned, but it is widely expected Nvidia has chosen a Cortex-A15 MPCore processor. The GPU will include 72 cores, allowing for screen resolutions of up to 2560 x 1600, and even 4K output if desired. Memory support has also been improved to include dual channel DDR3 (it was single channel on Tegra 3). Other features include support for Secure Boot, USB 3.0, and dual display output.
What does all this mean for performance? The leaked slide boasts a 6x improvement when compared to Tegra 3, and 20x improvement over Tegra 2. In other words, if Crysis was released for tablets, Tegra 4 devices would most certainly run it.
If Nvidia can provide such levels of performance while retaining similar power levels to Tegra 3, it could find favor with tablet manufacturers and possibly be at the heart of the next Nexus device. As for when we can expect Tegra 4 to arrive, CES next month seems a likely launch pad for Nvidia.
Nexus 10, Nexus 4, Nexus 7: Google Unveils Three New Android Devices In Surprise Blog Post
The Nexus family just keeps on growing.
In a blog post published on Monday afternoon (in lieu of a media event scrapped by Hurricane Sandy), Google announced two new Nexus devices, including the new Nexus smartphone, called the Nexus 4, and a 10-inch Nexus tablet called the Nexus 10. The company also announced that it has refreshed its popular 7-inch Nexus 7 tablets, lowering the prices for higher storage options and adding options for mobile data.
All in all, it's three new "Nexus" devices, in three new product categories, for Google going into one of the busiest times of the year for tech shopping: The Nexus 4 will battle the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3; the Nexus 7 will battle the iPad mini and Kindle Fire; and the Nexus 10 will battle the new iPad and Microsoft Surface in what will surely be one of the most rich and fruitful times to be a tech buyer in some time.
The Nexus line by Google, you may know, features gadgets built by Google in conjunction with another hardware maker and generally features the latest edition of Android without any software "skins" added on top. It is pure Android, and Google's chance to show device manufacturers what an Android device can look like and do.
So, let's take a look at what Android devices can look like and do in late 2012:
Perhaps the most notable of the three fresh Google gadgets is the Nexus 10, Google's first attempt at a full-sized tablet and its first tablet since the $199 Nexus 7 hit in mid-2012. Google built the Nexus 10 with Samsung, and this one appears aimed straight for the killer feature of Samsung's nemesis: Google boasts that the Nexus 10 is "the highest-resolution tablet on the planet"; it sports a 10-inch screen with a 2,560x1,600 resolution and 300 pixels-per-inch, which would, indeed, give it a crisper display than that of Apple's tablet (2,048-by-1,536 resolution and 264 pixels per inch).
The Nexus 10 is also thinner than the latest iPad (8.9 mm versus 9.4 mm) and lighter, too (1.33 pounds versus 1.49 pounds). It runs a 1.7 GHz dual-core processor and features a rear 5 megapixel camera and front-facing 1.9 megapixel camera. The Nexus 10 -- and all of the nexus devices announced Monday -- will run Android 4.2, an update to the Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" version announced by Google in the summer.
The new Nexus 7 is on sale now in the Google Play Store.
Watch this video put together by Google showing off the Google now feature on its three newest Nexus devices, the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10:
Android 4.2 brings improvements the Google Now virtual assistant, Google's powerful answer to Siri; new "gesture typing," which is similar to the Swype keyboard input familiar to most Android users; and a solution to wirelessly transmit the content of the phone onto an HDTV.
The Nexus 10 will cost $399 for a 16GB model and $499 for a 32GB model. It will go on sale in the online Google Play Store on November 13th. Those interested can learn more and sign up for more information on the official Nexus 10 page.
Also announced was the Nexus 4, a collaboration with LG and the followup to last year's Samsung/Google Galaxy Nexus smartphone. It will be one of the first smartphones in America with a quad-core processor and adds a large 4.7-inch high-resolution display. The Nexus 4 will also ship with Android 4.2 and brings a feature called Photo Sphere, which allows you to snap "3D Panorama" photos: You just continuously snap photos in any direction (not just side-to-side or up-and-down) and the Android software stitches those photos together after the fact.
Wireless charging without a case comes standard, following the lead of Nokia's Lumia 920. There is a rear camera (8 megapixels) and front-facing camera (1.3 megapixels), and the connectivity is the slower 3G HSPA+ instead of the now-standard 4G LTE; The Verge has a detailed explanation of why, though many are likely to be disappointed that the newest Nexus device does not take advantage of the newest mobile connection.
The Nexus 4 will be available in the Google Play Store unlocked for $299 for an 8GB model or $359 for a 16GB model starting November 13. The smartphone will also be available on T-Mobile for $199 on a two-year contract.
Finally, Google also announced changes to its Nexus 7 tablet to make it more attractive to buyers, as alternative handheld tablets from Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble hit the market. A 16GB Nexus 7 will now cost $199, and a 32GB Nexus 7 will cost $249 -- both prices having dropped $50 from their previous points. A 32GB Nexus 7 with HSPA+ connectivity will cost $299 off-contract.
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