LG to bring Nvidia Tegra 2 chips to smartphones

I think these new tegra chips will be top of the line.

Word on the street is that the Tegra 2 chipset is 20% over it's power usage. I think that the new TI OMAP4 will be top of the line. Tegra 2 will be 3rd in line probably.

"It is unclear what operating system will be paired with LG smartphones using the Tegra chips, but most tend to agree it will be Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's upcoming mobile OS."

The Tegra must be cursed...first it goes into the Kin (Possibly Microsoft's biggest failure ever), now it is going into WinMo7 (After all the investments and higher hardware costs, this actually might be a bigger loss than Kin).

I don't know what the idiots over at nVidia are thinking; if this is actually a good chip, then ship a few over to HTC and Motorola, and they will build awesome Android phones around them. If it is not a good chip, then I guess they are on the right path (only selling the chips to companies that won't make any sales anyway).

Originally posted by KillerBug:

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"It is unclear what operating system will be paired with LG smartphones using the Tegra chips, but most tend to agree it will be Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's upcoming mobile OS."

The Tegra must be cursed...first it goes into the Kin (Possibly Microsoft's biggest failure ever), now it is going into WinMo7 (After all the investments and higher hardware costs, this actually might be a bigger loss than Kin).

I don't know what the idiots over at nVidia are thinking; if this is actually a good chip, then ship a few over to HTC and Motorola, and they will build awesome Android phones around them. If it is not a good chip, then I guess they are on the right path (only selling the chips to companies that won't make any sales anyway).

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...But that is a Zune...it is nothing but a media player...no internet, no flash, no calling. It does not really need much performance to do such minimal tasks...it would work just as well (possibly better) with one of the many ARM variants found in smart phones.

zune HD does have net, and a few apps and games.

though this tegra 2 is cortex A9 dual core, with brilliant graphics. Pspphone anyone?

i despise nvidia chipsets.