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37-517: In 2017, Nvidia released a refreshed version of the 16 GB Shield, which has a smaller form factor that drops MicroSD and infrared support, comes with an updated controller, and is otherwise identical in hardware to the original model. In 2019, Nvidia refreshed the Shield TV lineup with upgraded processors, and revised the base model with a smaller form factor and less internal storage. The Shield utilizes Nvidia's Tegra X1 system-on-chip, based on

74-487: A dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU, an ultra low power (ULP) GeForce GPU, a 32-bit memory controller with either LPDDR2-600 or DDR2-667 memory, a 32 KB/32 KB L1 cache per core and a shared 1 MB L2 cache. Tegra 2's Cortex A9 implementation does not include ARM's SIMD extension, NEON . There is a version of the Tegra 2 SoC supporting 3D displays; this SoC uses a higher clocked CPU and GPU. The Tegra 2 video decoder

111-687: A touchscreen . Intel announced a prototype MID at the Intel Developer Forum in Spring 2007 in Beijing . A MID development kit by Sophia Systems using Intel Centrino Atom was announced in April 2008. Intel MID platforms are based on an Intel processor and chipset which consume less power than most of the x86 derivatives. A few platforms have been announced as listed below: Intel's first generation MID platform (codenamed McCaslin ) contains

148-427: A 32 nm Intel Atom SoC (codenamed Cloverview ). Intel's fifth generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed Merrifield ) contains a 22 nm Intel Atom SoC (codenamed Tangier ). Intel's sixth generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed Moorefield ) contains a 22  nm Intel Atom SoC (codenamed Anniedale ). Intel's seventh generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed Morganfield ) contains

185-545: A 4+1 configuration similar to Tegra 4, or Nvidia's 64-bit Project Denver dual-core processor as well as a Kepler graphics processing unit with support for Direct3D 12, OpenGL ES 3.1, CUDA 6.5, OpenGL 4.4 / OpenGL 4.5 , and Vulkan . Nvidia claims that it outperforms both the Xbox 360 and the PS3, whilst consuming significantly less power. Support Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression . In late April 2014, Nvidia shipped

222-504: A 45 nm Intel Atom processor (codenamed Silverthorne ) which can run up to 2.0 GHz and a System Controller Hub (codenamed Poulsbo ) which includes Intel HD Audio (codenamed Azalia ). This platform was initially branded as Centrino Atom but such practice was discontinued in Q3 2008. Intel's third generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed Moorestown ) contains a 45 nm Intel Atom processor (codenamed Lincroft ) and

259-499: A 90 nm Intel A100/A110 processor (codenamed Stealey ) which runs at 600–800 MHz. On 2 March 2008, Intel introduced the Intel Atom processor brand for a new family of low-power processor platforms. The components have thin, small designs and work together to "enable the best mobile computing and Internet experience" on mobile and low-power devices. Intel's second generation MID platform (codenamed Menlow ) contains

296-624: A Tegra K1 based design derived from the template of the Nvidia Visual Computing Module (VCM) for driving the infotainment systems and providing visual driving aid in the respective vehicle models of that time. This news has, as of now, found no similar successor or other clear confirmation later on in any other place on such a combination of a multimedia with an auto pilot system for these vehicle models. Released in 2015, Nvidia's Tegra X1 (codenamed " Erista ") features two CPU clusters, one with four ARM Cortex-A57 cores and

333-429: A drastic shift in direction towards platforms that provide vehicular automation with the applied " Nvidia Drive " brand name on reference boards and its semiconductors; and with the " Nvidia Jetson " brand name for boards adequate for AI applications within e.g. robots or drones, and for various smart high level automation purposes. The Tegra APX 2500 was announced on February 12, 2008. The Tegra 6xx product line

370-527: A fifth "companion" core in what Nvidia refers to as a "variable SMP architecture". While all cores are Cortex-A9s, the companion core is manufactured with a low-power silicon process. This core operates transparently to applications and is used to reduce power consumption when processing load is minimal. The main quad-core portion of the CPU powers off in these situations. Tegra 3 is the first Tegra release to support ARM's SIMD extension, NEON . The GPU in Tegra 3

407-736: A local computer using the GameStream function of supported Nvidia graphics cards via the GeForce Experience application. In addition to native Android gaming and game streaming, retro gaming emulation is popular on the Nvidia Shield TV. On January 16, 2017, Nvidia announced Shield Experience Upgrade 5.0, which is based on Android 7.0 "Nougat" . It adds software features from the updated 2017 model , including HDR support for 4K video, new apps (including Amazon Video ), SmartThings integration, Google Assistant support, and

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444-472: A new "AI-enhanced" upscaling system that can upscale high-definition video to 4K resolution. The new base model uses a cylindrical form factor rather than a set-top box style, and has 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of flash storage, expandable via MicroSD card (in place of USB ports). The Shield TV Pro uses the same set-top box form factor as the previous model, and includes 3 GB of RAM, 16 GB of flash storage, and two full-size USB 3.0 ports. A gamepad

481-485: A new Nvidia Games interface. Google Assistant support requires a new iteration of the Shield Controller. In June 2018, Nvidia released an update to Android 8.0 "Oreo" . On June 23 2021, an update of Android TV to Google TV made Google Stadia available for the 2019 versions of Nvidia Shield TV and Nvidia Shield TV Pro. On January 16, 2017, Nvidia unveiled a refreshed version of the 16 GB Shield. It has

518-513: A niche between smartphones and tablet computers . As all the features of MID started becoming available on smartphones and tablets, the term is now mostly used to refer to both low-end as well as high-end tablets. The form factor of mobile Internet tablets from Archos is very similar to the Lenovo image on the right. The class has included multiple operating systems: Windows CE, Windows 7 and Android. The Android tablet uses an ARM Cortex CPU and

555-443: A revised form factor with a smaller size but no microSD slot, and is supplied with Shield Experience Upgrade 5.0. A revised Bluetooth remote control with no headphone jack and replaceable CR2032 battery is now bundled, as well as an updated controller with an always-on microphone. The 2017 model contains the same Tegra X1 system-on-chip as the 2015 model. The 2017 Shield replaced the original 16 GB version. Nvidia continues to market

592-631: A separate 65 nm Platform Controller Hub (codenamed Langwell ). Since the memory controller and graphics controller are all now integrated into the processor, the northbridge has been removed and the processor communicates directly with the southbridge via the DMI bus interface. Intel's fourth generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed Medfield ) contains their first complete Intel Atom SoC (codenamed Penwell ), produced on 32 nm. Intel's MID/smartphone platform (codenamed Clover Trail+ ) based on its Clover Trail tablet platform. It contains

629-417: A wireless micro-USB-rechargeable remote with voice control and a headphone jack is sold separately but is no longer available from official channels. The Shield runs Android TV ; games optimized and ported for the device are offered through a separate Shield Store app. The device can also stream games through Nvidia's on-demand subscription cloud gaming service, GeForce Now (formerly Nvidia GRID), and from

666-542: Is ISO 26262 -certified. In summer of 2012 Tesla Motors began shipping the Model S all electric, high performance sedan , which contains two NVIDIA Tegra 3D Visual Computing Modules (VCM). One VCM powers the 17-inch touchscreen infotainment system, and one drives the 12.3-inch all digital instrument cluster ." In March 2015, Nvidia announced the Tegra X1, the first SoC to have a graphics performance of 1 teraflop. At

703-496: Is an evolution of the Tegra 2 GPU, with 4 additional pixel shader units and higher clock frequency. It can also output video up to 2560×1600 resolution and supports 1080p MPEG-4 AVC/h.264 40 Mbit/s High-Profile, VC1-AP, and simpler forms of MPEG-4 such as DivX and Xvid. The Tegra 3 was released on November 9, 2011. Common features: Pixel shaders  : Vertex shaders  : Texture mapping units  : Render output units The Tegra 4 ( codenamed " Wayne ")

740-448: Is largely unchanged from the original Tegra and has limited support for HD formats. The lack of support for high-profile H.264 is particularly troublesome when using online video streaming services. Common features: Pixel shaders  : Vertex shaders  : Texture mapping units  : Render output units NVIDIA's Tegra 3 ( codenamed " Kal-El ") is functionally a SoC with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU, but includes

777-612: Is no longer included. Tegra X1 Tegra is a system on a chip (SoC) series developed by Nvidia for mobile devices such as smartphones , personal digital assistants , and mobile Internet devices . The Tegra integrates an ARM architecture central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit (GPU), northbridge , southbridge , and memory controller onto one package. Early Tegra SoCs are designed as efficient multimedia processors. The Tegra-line evolved to emphasize performance for gaming and machine learning applications without sacrificing power efficiency, before taking

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814-668: The ARM Cortex-A57 CPU and Nvidia's Maxwell microarchitecture GPU, with 3 GB of RAM. The device supports 4K resolution output at 60 FPS over an HDMI 2.0 output, with support for HEVC -encoded video. The Shield can either contain 16 GB of internal flash storage or a 500 GB hard drive, expandable via microSD card or removable storage. 2015 and 2017 Shield models with a 500 GB hard drive are branded as Shield Pro . It contains two USB ports. For internet connections, it supports gigabit Ethernet and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. The console ships with one wireless controller;

851-402: The "Jetson TK1" development board containing a Tegra K1 SoC and running Ubuntu Linux . Unified Shaders  : Texture mapping units  : Render output units ARM Large Physical Page Extension (LPAE) supports 1  TiB (2 bytes). The 8  GiB limitation is part-specific. In December 2015, the web page of wccftech.com published an article stating that Tesla is going to use

888-678: The Cortex-A57 cores (both clusters must be in the CC6 off state). Nvidia has removed the ARM Cortex-A53 cores from later versions of technical documentation, implying that they have been removed from the die. The Tegra X1 was found to be vulnerable to a Fault Injection (FI) voltage glitching attack, which allowed for arbitrary code execution and homebrew software on the devices it was implemented in. A revision (codenamed " Mariko ") with greater power efficiency, known officially as Tegra X1+

925-724: The Nvidia Tegra 250, at Consumer Electronics Show 2010 . Nvidia primarily supports Android on Tegra 2, but booting other ARM-supporting operating systems is possible on devices where the bootloader is accessible. Tegra 2 support for the Ubuntu Linux distribution was also announced on the Nvidia developer forum. Nvidia announced the first quad-core SoC at the February 2011 Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. Though

962-552: The Tegra; however, the phone did not have an app store, so the Tegra's power did not provide much advantage. In September 2008, Nvidia and Opera Software announced that they would produce a version of the Opera 9.5 browser optimized for the Tegra on Windows Mobile and Windows CE . At Mobile World Congress 2009, Nvidia introduced its port of Google 's Android to the Tegra. On January 7, 2010, Nvidia officially announced and demonstrated its next generation Tegra system-on-a-chip,

999-542: The announcement event, Nvidia showed off Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 "Elemental" demo, running on a Tegra X1. On October 20, 2016, Nvidia announced that the Nintendo Switch hybrid video game console will be powered by Tegra hardware. On March 15, 2017, TechInsights revealed the Nintendo Switch is powered by a custom Tegra X1 (model T210), with lower clockspeeds. The second generation Tegra SoC has

1036-478: The chip was codenamed Kal-El, it is now branded as Tegra 3. Early benchmark results show impressive gains over Tegra 2, and the chip was used in many of the tablets released in the second half of 2011. In January 2012, Nvidia announced that Audi had selected the Tegra 3 processor for its In-Vehicle Infotainment systems and digital instruments display. The processor will be integrated into Audi 's entire line of vehicles worldwide, beginning in 2013. The process

1073-451: The comic book character Professor X , was announced on 28 September 2016, and by March 2019, it had been released. It contains 7 billion transistors and 8 custom ARMv8 cores, a Volta GPU with 512 CUDA cores, an open sourced TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) called DLA (Deep Learning Accelerator). It is able to encode and decode 8K Ultra HD (7680×4320). Users can configure operating modes at 10 W, 15 W, and 30 W TDP as needed and

1110-494: The die size is 350 mm . Nvidia confirmed the fabrication process to be 12 nm FinFET at CES 2018. (Model) (GHz) (MHz) Mobile Internet device A mobile Internet device ( MID ) is a multimedia capable mobile device providing wireless Internet access. They are designed to provide entertainment, information and location-based services for personal or business use. They allow 2-way communication and real-time sharing. They have been described as filling

1147-489: The larger, 500 GB Shield Pro model. There appears to be a two revisions of this model, one with a green sticker on the older revision there was a light up partial triangle. More citation is needed On October 28, 2019, Nvidia unveiled two new Shield TV models. Both models use the Tegra X1+ system-on-chip, ship with Android 9.0 "Pie" , support Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision , and include an updated remote control, and

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1184-536: The other with four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, as well as a Maxwell -based graphics processing unit. It supports Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression . Only one cluster of cores can be active at once, with the cluster switch being handled by software on the BPMP-L. Devices utilizing the Tegra X1 have only been seen to utilize the cluster with the more powerful ARM Cortex-A57 cores. The other cluster with four ARM Cortex-A53 cores cannot be accessed without first powering down

1221-694: Was announced on February 19, 2013. With hardware support for the same audio and video formats, but using Cortex-A9 cores instead of Cortex-A15, the Tegra ;4i is a low-power variant of the Tegra 4 and is designed for phones and tablets. Unlike its Tegra 4 counterpart, the Tegra 4i also integrates the Icera  i500 LTE / HSPA+ baseband processor onto the same die. Common features: Pixel shaders  : Vertex shaders  : Pixel pipelines (pairs 1x TMU and 1x ROP) Nvidia 's Tegra K1 (codenamed " Logan ") features ARM Cortex-A15 cores in

1258-581: Was announced on January 6, 2013, and is a SoC with a quad-core CPU, but includes a fifth low-power Cortex A15 companion core which is invisible to the OS and performs background tasks to save power. This power-saving configuration is referred to as "variable SMP architecture" and operates like the similar configuration in Tegra 3. The GeForce GPU in Tegra 4 is again an evolution of its predecessors. However, numerous feature additions and efficiency improvements were implemented. The number of processing resources

1295-759: Was dramatically increased, and clock rate increased as well. In 3D tests, the Tegra 4 GPU is typically several times faster than that of Tegra 3. Additionally, the Tegra 4 video processor has full support for hardware decoding and encoding of WebM video (up to 1080p 60 Mbit/s @ 60fps). Along with Tegra 4, Nvidia also introduced i500, an optional software modem based on Nvidia's acquisition of Icera , which can be reprogrammed to support new network standards. It supports category 3 (100 Mbit/s) LTE but will later be updated to Category 4 (150 Mbit/s). Common features: Pixel shaders  : Vertex shaders  : Pixel pipelines (pairs 1x TMU and 1x ROP) The Tegra 4i ( codenamed " Grey ")

1332-1118: Was released in 2019, fixing the Fusée Gelée exploit. It's also known as T214 and T210B01. TM670D-A1 TM670M-A2 TM671D-A2 TM675M-A1 CPU frequency may be clocked differently than the maximum validated by Nvidia at the OEM's discretion Unified Shaders  : Texture mapping units  : Render output units Maximum validated amount of memory, implementation is board specific Maximum validated memory bandwidth, implementation is board specific Nvidia's Tegra X2 (codenamed " Parker ") features Nvidia's own custom general-purpose ARMv8-compatible core Denver 2 as well as code-named Pascal graphics processing core with GPGPU support. The chips are made using FinFET process technology using TSMC 's 16 nm FinFET+ manufacturing process. Unified Shaders  : Texture mapping units  : Render output units (SM count) The Xavier Tegra SoC, named after

1369-573: Was revealed on June 2, 2008, and the APX 2600 was announced in February 2009. The APX chips were designed for smartphones, while the Tegra 600 and 650 chips were intended for smartbooks and mobile Internet devices (MID). The first product to use the Tegra was Microsoft 's Zune HD media player in September 2009, followed by the Samsung M1. Microsoft's Kin was the first cellular phone to use

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