At the Hot Chips conference in California Nvidia released information regarding its new 64-bit processor Tegra K1 codenamed Project Denver. According to the company, this chip is designed for Android-based devices, outperforms module Apple A7, used in the iPhone 5s, iPad Air and iPad mini display Retina.
Of mobile devices on 64-bit processors on the market today are only available iPhone and iPad last generations. Processors and Nvidia K1 Apple A7 made on the same architecture ARMv8, and about the processor Nvidia knows that it will contain 192 graphics core. K1 processor will run at 2.5 GHz, the same frequency works the fastest at the moment the processor for Android-powered devices Snapdragon 801.
It is noteworthy that the 64-bit version of the Tegra K1 company uses only 2 main processing cores, while the 32-bit version of the chip core 4 Despite this, the company argued that Denver «able to achieve higher performance compared with the existing 4 and 8 nuclear mobile processors in most cases. " The company explained that this processor is obliged to its design.
Features K1 looks decent, but neither the frequency nor the number of cores can not speak directly about the performance of the processor. In addition, a new generation of the iPhone and iPad will use the processor next generation Apple A8. Of Qualcomm and Mediatek also announced a 64-bit processor for Android-powered devices. Therefore, even if the first time to Nvidia to release a 64-bit processor for Android, it expects stiff competition from competitors that occupy a much larger market share.
In its official blog, Nvidia said that the devices on 64-bit processor K1 will be available until the end of the year. Representatives of the company noted that the version of the chip with 64-bit architecture works 2-4 times faster than 32-bit, depending on the task.
In parallel, Nvidia working on a 64-bit version of Android L.