nVidia Tegra for HTC smartphones?

nVidia Tegra for HTC smartphones? We've heard some rumors before about Nvidia Tegra; nVidia Tegra 650 Mobile Processor, Microsoft makes NVIDIA Tegra-based smartphone? Recently, The International Business Times is reporting that Chip maker Nvidia will power new mobile devices made by HTC. “We believe that HTC has selected the NVDA Tegra applications processor for a new handset design that will ramp in [the second half of 2009],” said American Technology Research’s Doug Freedman. “We estimate Tegra could add $100M to 2H09 results.”

NVIDIA Tegra is a tiny computer-on-a-chip, smaller than a US dime (10-cent piece), designed from the ground up to enable the “visual PC experience” on a new generation of mobile computing devices while consuming the smallest amount of power.

NVIDIA Tegra 650 Features:
+ All-day media processing, for 130 hours audio, 30 hours HD video playback
+ HD image processing for advanced digital still camera and HD camcorder functions
+ Optimized hardware support for Web 2.0 applications for a true desktop-class internet experience
+ Display support for 1080p HDMI, WSXGA+ LCD and CRT, and NTSC/PAL TV-Out
+ Direct support for WiFi, disk drives, keyboard, mouse, and other peripherals
+ A complete Board Support Package (BSP) to enable fast times to market for Windows Mobile-based designs

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