NVIDIA Launches Tegra X1 Mobile Super Chip

16/06/2017

NVIDIA Launches Tegra X1 Mobile Super Chip

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

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Jen Andersson

PR Manager Northern Europe

NVIDIA

jandersson@nvidia.com

LAS VEGAS-CES-Jan. 4, 2015-NVIDIA today unveiled Tegra X1, its next-generation mobile super chip with over one teraflops of processing power - delivering capabilities that open the door to unprecedented graphics and sophisticated 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 about 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

More details are available on the Tegra X1 website.

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About NVIDIA

Since 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has pioneered the art and science of visual computing. The companys technologies are transforming a world of displays into a world of interactive discovery - for everyone from gamers to scientists, and consumers to enterprise customers. More information at http://www.nvidia.co.uk/page/press_room.html and http://blogs.nvidia.com.

Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to, statements as to: the features, benefits and availability of Tegra X1; and the benefits of NVIDIA DRIVE PX and NVIDIA DRIVE CX are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include: global economic conditions; our reliance on third parties to manufacture, assemble, package and test our products; the impact of technological development and competition; development of new products and technologies or enhancements to our existing product and technologies; market acceptance of our products or our partners products; design, manufacturing or software defects; changes in consumer preferences or demands; changes in industry standards and interfaces; unexpected loss of performance of our products or technologies when integrated into systems; as well as other factors detailed from time to time in the reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, includi

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