Tegra K1 “Denver” Will Be First 64-bit ARM Processor for Android

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Our 32-bit Tegra K1 mobile processor has been racking up praise for bringing amazing performance and true console-quality graphics to the mobile space. It “handily beats every other ARM SoC” in GPU performance benchmarks, according to Anandtech. And “the GPU performance is what stands out with the Tegra K1, nothing else on the market today is really able to get even close,” according to PC Perspective.

This new version of Tegra K1 pairs our 192-core Kepler architecture-based GPU with our own custom-designed, 64-bit, dual-core “Project Denver” CPU, which is fully ARMv8 architecture compatible. Further, Denver is fully pin compatible with the 32-bit Tegra K1 for ease of implementation and faster time to market. With its exceptional performance and superior energy efficiency, the 64-bit Tegra K1 is the world’s first 64-bit ARM processor for Android, and completely outpaces other ARM-based mobile processors.

Denver also features new low latency power-state transitions, in addition to extensive power-gating and dynamic voltage and clock scaling based on workloads. Combining Dynamic Code Optimization, 7-way superscalar design and efficient power usage, Denver’s performance will rival some mainstream PC-class CPUs at significantly reduced power consumption.
 
I hope they beat everyone this time! Seems like every time they have a great mobile processor someone always beats them in the race, or their CPU/GPU is to difficult for manufactures to to use.
 
ol1bit said:
I hope they beat everyone this time! Seems like every time they have a great mobile processor someone always beats them in the race, or their CPU/GPU is to difficult for manufactures to to use.
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Since it doesn't have a built in lte modem it simply won't sell, tablets sure, but not for phones so its a dud right out of the gates.
The tegra 4 was supposed to have an lte modem, but only the tegra 4i a9 has it, who wants a 3 year old soc anyways?
 
forcefed said:
Since it doesn't have a built in lte modem it simply won't sell, tablets sure, but not for phones so its a dud right out of the gates.
The tegra 4 was supposed to have an lte modem, but only the tegra 4i a9 has it, who wants a 3 year old soc anyways?
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I don't think they're interested in the phone market any more. It's completely dominated by Qualcomm and Apple in the US, and cheap Chinese manufacturers in the rest of the world.

TI threw in the towel long ago and Samsung has practically no third-party phone wins.

Acer is releasing a new Chromebook with the 32-bit TK1 though. That could be a new avenue for sales.
 
This will be awesome for all the phones and tablets out there with more than 4GB of ram.
 
Is there anyway to tell how much faster this will be than the 32-bit K1 cpu?
 
forcefed said:
Since it doesn't have a built in lte modem it simply won't sell, tablets sure, but not for phones so its a dud right out of the gates.
The tegra 4 was supposed to have an lte modem, but only the tegra 4i a9 has it, who wants a 3 year old soc anyways?
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They're really not targeting phones with this powerhouse chip, and last time I checked the tablet market was massive. This chip will be a better fit for the bigger battery and larger screens of 7" and above mobile devices, and probably chromebooks.

With be interesting to see the games that evolve to take advantage of Nvidia's mobile GPU inroads now.
 
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