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NVIDIA had about 5 different generations of Tegra before the K1 [1]. The A15-based K1 (T124) came before the Denver-based K1 (T132) AFAIK. Both are very nice an
by lgeek 10y ago
NVIDIA had about 5 different generations of Tegra before the K1 [1]. The A15-based K1 (T124) came before the Denver-based K1 (T132) AFAIK. Both are very nice and a clear improvement over the previous generations. Denver is a bit inconsistent in its performance, but on average it dominates A15s and A57s. Nexus 9, however, has very poor thermal design and can only dissipate a small fraction of the heat output of the T132.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegra
- jandrese 10y agoMore to the point, those previous 5 generations were generally disappoting. Slow chips with decent but not mindblowing graphics, and extremely short support windows that left early adopters flapping in the breeze. Nvidia had quite a bit of ground to make up, but from what I've seen of their latest chips they made it. I think they're the fastest mobile chips you can buy this side of Apple's monsters.
- gcp 10y agoTegra2 was notoriously one of the few ARMv7 chips without NEON. I actually agree that Denver 1 in the K1 is really fast, but it's not scored many designs wins, perhaps exactly because of the thermal restraints. The A15 based design seems to have less of that problem.