Tegra Whitepapers

NVIDIA® DirectTouch™ Architecture

NVIDIA DirectTouch is a patent-pending touch architecture that improves touch responsiveness by offloading some of the touch processing that is typically performed by touch controllers and touch modules onto the NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 application processor. The architecture also simplifies the implementation of touch based hardware and user interfaces, requiring less power while delivering more scalable performance. View PDF 

The Benefits of Quad-Core CPUs in Mobile Devices

This white paper looks at how quad-core CPUs and variable Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) technology will enable mobile devices to further push the performance envelope. See how this empowers application and game developers to deliver new mobile experiences, all while extending battery life for the most popular use cases. View PDF 

Variable SMP – A Multi-Core CPU Architecture for Low Power and High Performance

As the performance requirements of mobile apps increase, SoC vendors are increasingly adopting multi-core processor architectures. This empowers them to deliver increased performance while keeping power consumption within mobile budgets. This white paper looks at Project Kal-El’s Variable Symmetric Multiprocessing (vSMP) technology, which delivers new levels of quad-core performance, plus power savings that minimizes power consumption during active standby states. View PDF 

Bringing High-End Graphics to Handheld Devices

The size and resolution of mobile device displays have rapidly increased over the last couple of years, and the growing popularity of tablets will further push the resolution and display sizes to be close to that of laptop PCs. This white paper looks at how current and future mobile devices will need GPUs that can not only handle the increased pixel processing loads, but also remain within mobile power budgets.
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The Benefits of Multiple CPU Cores in Mobile Devices

Desktop CPU manufacturers transitioned to multi-core processor architectures five years ago to address the growing performance demands and the exponential growth of power consumption of single-core processors. The CPUs of today use multiple cores to complete more work faster, and at lower power, than their single core predecessors. And mobile processors are facing the same performance and power challenges. This white paper explores how mobile devices will transition to multi-core CPUs to further increase performance and extend battery life. View PDF