NVIDIA is kicking of the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show by unveiling the Tegra X1 Mobile Super Chip! This brand new chip is based off of the Maxwell GPU architecture for the GeForce GTX 980! The Tegra X1 has 256 cores and has twice the performance of the Tegra K1. To put it simply, the Tegra X1 is very fast and it most likely become the standard for embedded chips.

The Tegra X1 has more than 1 teraflop of processing power and is faster than the fastest supercomputer of 15 years ago. It is built from a 256-core Maxwell GPU and has 8 CPU cores. It can process 4K video at 60 grams per second and will sky-rocket the level of 3D graphics across the mobile device category. The Tegra X1 is featured across the brand new NVIDIA DRIVE car computers. The DRIVE PX is an auto-pilot computing machine and the DRIVE CX is a complete cockpit platform.

NVIDIA’s latest chip with not only be powering the next generation of mobile devices, but it will be seen in automotive applications and in autonomous machines. With the DRIVE PX platform, the Tegra X1, might become an integral part of self driving cars, as it can power true self parking. DRIVE CX will be changing the infotainment systems of the cars of today, into really entertainment systems for the cars of tomorrow, which are arriving much sooner then expected. The Tegra X1 will begin appearing in products, drives, computers, and more in the first half of 2015. You can see the full press release on the Tegra X1 mobile super chip below. Stay Tuned To NJTechReviews For More Coverage Of The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show!

Press Release

NVIDIA Launches Tegra X1 Mobile Super Chip

Maxwell GPU Architecture Delivers First Teraflops Mobile Processor, Powering Deep Learning and Computer Vision Applications

Tegra X1 is built on the same NVIDIA Maxwell™ GPU architecture rolled out only months ago for the world’s top-performing gaming graphics card, the GeForce® GTX 980. The 256-core Tegra X1 provides twice the performance of its predecessor, the Tegra K1, which is based on the previous-generation Kepler™ architecture and debuted at last year’s Consumer Electronics Show.

Tegra processors are built for embedded products, mobile devices, autonomous machines and automotive applications. Tegra X1 will begin appearing in the first half of the year.

It will be featured in the newly announced NVIDIA DRIVE™ car computers. DRIVE PX is an auto-pilot computing platform that can process video from up to 12 onboard cameras to run capabilities providing Surround-Vision, for a seamless 360-degree view around the car, and Auto-Valet, for true self-parking. DRIVE CX is a complete cockpit platform designed to power the advanced graphics required across the increasing number of screens used for digital clusters, infotainment, head-up displays, virtual mirrors and rear-seat entertainment.

“We see a future of autonomous cars, robots and drones that see and learn, with seeming intelligence that is hard to imagine,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO and co-founder, NVIDIA. “They will make possible safer driving, more secure cities and great conveniences for all of us.

“To achieve this dream, enormous advances in visual and parallel computing are required. The Tegra X1 mobile super chip, with its one teraflops of processing power, is a giant step into this revolution.”

Driven by the exceptional graphics compute horsepower from Maxwell, NVIDIA’s 10th-generation GPU architecture, Tegra X1 is the first mobile processor with capabilities that rival supercomputers and game consoles.

Faster Than Previous Top Supercomputer
Indeed, Tegra X1 has more horsepower than the fastest supercomputer of 15 years ago, ASCI Red, which was the world’s first teraflops system. Operated for a decade by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratory, ASCI Red occupied 1,600 square feet and consumed 500,000 watts of power — with another 500,000 watts needed to cool the room it occupied. By comparison, Tegra X1 is the size of a thumbnail and draws under 10 watts of power.

As serious gamers know from using the NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 GPU, the Maxwell architecture solves some of the most complex lighting and graphics challenges in visual computing. Its innovations include Voxel Global Illumination, or VXGI, for real-time dynamic global illumination and Multi-Frame Anti-Aliasing, or MFAA, for incredibly lifelike graphics in the most demanding games and apps.

“Tegra K1 set a new bar for GPU compute performance, and now just a year later Tegra X1 delivers twice that,” said Linley Gwennap, founder and principal analyst of the Linley Group. “This impressive technical achievement benefits both 3D graphics, particularly on devices with high-resolution screens, as well as GPGPU software that is becoming more prevalent, particularly in automotive applications.”

Technical Specifications
Tegra X1 supports all major graphics standards, including Unreal Engine 4, DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5, CUDA®, OpenGL ES 3.1 and the Android Extension Pack, making it easier for developers to bring PC games to mobile.

Tegra X1’s technical specifications include:

• 256-core Maxwell GPU
• 8 CPU cores (4x ARM Cortex A57 + 4x ARM Cortex A53)
• 60 fps 4K video (H.265, H.264, VP9)
• 1.3 gigapixel of camera throughput
• 20nm process

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