Drop Your SHIELD, And Upgrade To Android 5.0, Lollipop & Half-Life 2 And More!

NVIDIA bringing Android 5.0, Lollipop to Shield tablet.

Nvidia announced today that it is upgrading the gaming tablet SHIELD with the latest Android OS, Lollipop and throwing in bunch of other goodies. These will keep the gamers interest on tablets high as they are bringing one of the best games of all time, “Half-Life 2: Episode One”; and the new on-demand gaming service, GRID. GRID suppose to add more than 20 AAA titles such as Batman: Arkham City, Borderlands 2 and Psychonauts to the mix.

I do not own one but I have played with one, yes, I like it a lot. Nvidia.

Android Tablets Will Overtake Apple iPads, Like Android Phones Did With iPhones : Nvidia

Android Tablets Challenge Apple's dominance in tablet market http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Nvidia co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang at Reuters Summit has told that Android tablets powered by Nvidia processors will surpass Apple's market-leading iPad's leading position that it enjoys today. Just like the Android phones won the smartphone market share over from iPhone.
Nvidia's Huang told at the Reuters technology conference that Apple's lead in tablet computers will soon diminish with better, faster Android tablets, most of which are powered by Nvidia Tegra 2 processors.

"The Android phone took only two and a half years to achieve the momentum that we're talking about. I would expect the same thing on Honeycomb tablets,"

Apple currently enjoys the marked lead in tablets with iPads. The original iPad was a huge success and the next iteration, iPad2 has only helped the cause.
But leading manufacture's creations like Motorola XOOM, Acer's Iconia, Asus Eee Pad Transformer, Samsung's Galaxy Tab and even Barnes & Noble's Nook Color are marching forward.
It is products like Asus Eee Pad Transformer that will be the challenger for iPad dominance. With prominant capabilities and proper pricing, they become attractive to customers. Asus Eee Pad Transformer was sold out everywhere and I am waiting for the next shipment as I have passed over Motorola XOOM as my personal Android Tablet.

The upcoming Nvidia's next generation processor – codenamed Kal-El might give the Android tablets it's push against the Apple. Kal-El will boast quad-core processing and higher-resolution graphics as competitors Qualcomm (QCOM.O) and Texas Instruments (TXN.N) also gear up to launch new tablet chips.  According to Huang, the processor had already earned a place in the plans of ten major next-gen devices.

"It's got to be at least ten. We have five major phone companies and we have five major PC (manufacturers),"

Huang also mentioned that Android OS is evolving;

"As a result of so many different parties working together, the first versions tend to be a bit clumsy to roll out. However, as is the nature of these organic industries with very, very large players, you have continuous improvement at a very rapid pace, Everyone recognized the shortcomings of Honeycomb 3.0, jumped in working on Honeycomb 3.1, and if you haven't had a chance to play with it -- it's just delightful,"

Via Reuters

Nvidia Road Map Reveals Quad Core Tegra 3 Chip.

#Nvidia Road map Reveals #QuadCoreTegra #Tegra3 Chips. http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
The NVIDIA Tegra processors that makes phones like Motorola Atrix 4G, LG Optimus 2X, powerful enough to be something like a portable computer, and the same chip is the brains of Motorola XOOM tablets,  looks to be getting even more snappier!
The seem to be on path for Tegra 3D and Tegra 3 Quad Core. Yes I want a Tegra Quad to power my Android Tablet. Also recent settlement between Nvidia and Intel allows Nvidia to integrate technology and have some funds to do so with accelerating initiative like Project Denver, incorporating ARM processors with Nvidia GPUs.
Either way, it looks like we will see very fast 720P phones and 1080P tablets by the years end and do things with the same that we do at out desktop computers, like playing games :)


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Intel Pays Nvidia $1.5 Billion In Patent Fees And Makes Computing World Richer.

Intel Pay Nvidia $1.5 Billion For Patents  http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Nvidia and Intel has settled all their litigation filled hate relationship and turned it into a love and hopefully will make our lives, mobile and other, better.  The agreement centers on a new six-year cross-licensing deal that will see Intel paying NVIDIA a total of $1.5b over the next five years for access to NVIDIA’s technology, while also giving NVIDIA a license to some of Intel’s patents.

Press Release;
Intel to Pay NVIDIA Technology Licensing Fees of $1.5 Billion

New Six-Year Cross-License Renews Previous Agreement

SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - January 10, 2011) - NVIDIA announced today that it has signed a new six-year cross-licensing agreement with Intel.

For the future use of NVIDIA's technology, Intel will pay NVIDIA an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees payable in five annual installments, beginning Jan. 18, 2011.

NVIDIA and Intel have also agreed to drop all outstanding legal disputes between them.

"This agreement signals a new era for NVIDIA," said Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA's president and chief executive officer. "Our cross license with Intel reflects the substantial value of our visual and parallel computing technologies. It also underscores the importance of our inventions to the future of personal computing, as well as the expanding markets for mobile and cloud computing."

Under the new agreement, Intel will have continued access to NVIDIA's full range of patents. In return, NVIDIA will receive an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees, to be paid in annual installments, and retain use of Intel's patents, consistent with its existing six-year agreement with Intel. This excludes Intel's proprietary processors, flash memory and certain chipsets for the Intel platform.

The existing agreement is to expire March 31, 2011.

Pursuant to U.S. GAAP, a portion of the proceeds will be accounted for and attributed to the settlement of prior legal claims. This amount, which NVIDIA anticipates to be less than $100 million, will be included in the company's fourth-quarter results.

The balance of the licensing fees will be accounted for on a straight-line basis over the six-year term of the agreement. Accordingly it is anticipated that this would amount annually to approximately $233 million of operating income and an increase in net income of $0.29 per diluted share, on a full year basis.