Nvidia Tegra

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Nvidia Tegra
NVIDIA T20 and T30 chips.jpg
NVIDIA Tegra 2 (T20) and Tegra 3 (T30) chips
Producer: Nvidia
Processor clock: 1000 MHz to 2300 MHz
Microarchitecture : POOR

Nvidia Tegra is a one-chip system ( SoC ) based on the ARM architecture for mobile devices such as PDAs , cell phones , cars, tablet PCs and multimedia players from the manufacturer Nvidia . In addition to one or more ARM cores, the SoC also contains a graphics processor and integrated video decoder and encoder and fulfills all the tasks of a chipset . He is u. a. comparable to the Snapdragon from Qualcomm or the Open Multimedia Application Platform from Texas Instruments.

Overview of the technology

APX 2500/2600

The first generation of the Tegra is based on an ARM11 - MPCore . The chip is manufactured using 65 nm technology . According to the manufacturer, the power consumption is a maximum of 200 mW .

In addition to the ARM core, a graphics processor is integrated into the system, the computing power of which is comparable to that of the Nvidia GeForce 6 series . This means that high definition videos with up to 720 lines can be played back and compressed in real time, and photos with up to 12 megapixels can be processed. As video codecs are H.264 , MPEG-4 and WMV9 supported. The processor is supported by Microsoft Windows Mobile as well as special Linux kernels (also Android ).

Tegra 250

The Tegra 250 is an ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore with up to 1 GHz. The 3D performance has been doubled compared to the previous models according to the manufacturer. This is also used for netbooks like the Toshiba AC100. Initial tests show that the Tegra 250, depending on the operating system and test program used, can compete with Intel Atom processors .

Specifications

Tegra-APX-Series

Tegra APX 2500

  • Processor: ARM11 600 MHz MPCore (initially Geforce ULV)
    • suffix: APX (originally CSX)
  • Memory: NOR or NAND flash, Mobile DDR
  • Graphics: ( FWVGA 854 × 480 pixels)
    • Camera support with up to 12 megapixels
    • LCD controller up to 1280 × 1024 pixels
  • Storage: IDE for SSD
  • Video codecs: up to 720p H.264 and VC-1 decoding
  • Includes GeForce ULV with support for OpenGL ES 2.0, Direct3D Mobile, and programmable shader units
  • Output: HDMI , VGA , Composite Video , S-Video , Stereo Audio Output, USB

Tegra APX 2600

  • Improved NAND flash interface
  • Video codecs:
    • Encoding and decoding of 720p H.264 Baseline Profile and D1 MPEG-4 Simple Profile
    • Decoding 720p VC-1 / WMV9 Advanced Profile

Tegra 6xx series

Tegra 600

  • Application: GPS and automotive segment
  • Processor: ARM11 700 MHz MPCore
  • RAM: low-power DDR ( DDR-333 , 166 MHz)
  • Outputs: SXGA, HDMI, USB, stereo audio
  • HD camera 720p

Tegra 650

  • Application: GTX, handhelds and notebooks
  • Processor: ARM11 800 MHz MPCore
  • RAM: Low Power DDR ( DDR-400 , 200 MHz)
  • Less than 1 watt power consumption
  • HD image processing for digital cameras and camcorder functions
  • Display support for 1080p at 24 fps, HDMI v1.3, WSXGA + -LCD and -CRT as well as an NTSC / PAL TV output
  • Support for WiFi, hard drives, keyboard, mouse and other peripherals
  • Software: Board Support Package (BSP) for Windows Mobile-based designs

Tegra-2 series

Tegra 2 (T20 / AP20H)

Tegra 2 - T20-H-A2
  • Processor: Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore , up to 1 GHz
  • 8-core Nvidia GPU
  • Graphics: GeForce ULP (Ultra Low Power). double the 3D graphics performance (10-30% faster than the PowerVR SGX540 and 25-100% faster than the Snapdragon Adreno 205)
  • Lower Power DDR2 / DDR2 (DDR2-667, 166 MHz)
  • no support for the NEON command set
  • Video decoding of 1080p H.264 Main Profile / VC-1 / MPEG-4
  • Video decoding of 1080p H.264
  • JPEG encoding and decoding
  • Dual screen support
  • Camera support (up to 12 megapixels )
  • Single channel memory interface

Tegra 2 3D (T25 / AP25)

Model number Max. Clock rate Instruction set CPU GPU process generation production used in
Tegra 250 1 GHz ARMv7 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 Ultra-low power (ULP) GeForce GPU 333 MHz (T20) or 300 MHz (AP20H) 40 nm process from TSMC Second generation Q1 2010 Acer Iconia Tab A500 , Asus Slider, Asus Transformer , LG P990 Optimus , LG Optimus Pad, Motorola Atrix , Motorola Droid Bionic , Motorola Xoom , Notion Ink Adam tablet , Point of View Mobii 10.1, Samsung Galaxy S II (in some regions), Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Sony Tablet S , T-Mobile G-Slate , Tesla Model S , Toshiba AC-100, Toshiba Folio 100, Velocity Micro Cruz Tablet L510, ViewSonic G Tablet
Tegra 250 3D 1.2 GHz ARMv7 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 Ultra-low power (ULP) GeForce GPU 400 MHz (T25) or 400 MHz (AP25H) Second generation Q1 2011

Tegra 3 series (code name: Kal-El)

  • Processor: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore with 1 MB L2 cache and a companion core with up to 500 MHz to save power with non-compute-intensive tasks.
  • Ultra-low power CPU mode
  • 40 nm process from TSMC
  • Video output with up to 2560 × 1600 pixels
  • NEON instruction set for the ARM architecture
  • Decoding 1080p H.264 High Profile
  • 12-core Nvidia GPU with support for 3D stereo
  • Improved GPU (up to 3 times faster than Tegra 2)
model Multi-
core
mode		 Single
core
mode		 GPU clock RAM technology Initial availability Used in
Tegra 3 T30L 1.2 GHz 1.3 GHz 416 MHz 32-bit single-channel 667 MHz DDR3-1333 (5.34 GB / sec) Q1 2012 Asus Transformer Pad TF300T , Nexus 7 , Sony Xperia Tablet S , Acer Iconia Tab A210, WEXLER.TAB 7t , Lenovo IdeaTab A2109, Toshiba AT10-A, Toshiba AT300 (Excite 10)
Tegra 3 T30 1.4 GHz 1.5 GHz 520 MHz 32-bit single-channel 533 MHz LPDDR2-1066 (4.26 GB / sec) or 750 MHz DDR3-L (6 GB / sec) Q4 2011 Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime , IdeaTab K2 / LePad K2, Acer Iconia Tab A510, Acer Iconia Tab A700, LG Optimus 4X HD , HTC One X , ZTE Era , ZTE PF 100 , ZTE T98 , Toshiba AT270 , Asus VivoTab RT , Fuhu Inc .nabi 2 Tablet, Tesla Model S , Kungfu K3, Goophone I5, Olivetti Olipad 3, Microsoft Surface RT, Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11, Nvidia Cardhu developer tablet
Tegra 3 T33 1.6 GHz 1.7 GHz 520 MHz 32-bit single-channel 800 MHz DDR3-1600 (6.4 GB / sec) Q2 2012 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700T), Fujitsu Arrows X F-10D , Ouya , HTC One X + , Viewsonic VSD241 all-in-one smart display

Tegra 4 series (code name Wayne)

  • Processor: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore up to 1.9 GHz (plus energy savers)
  • 28 nm process from TSMC
  • Improved GPU (72 shaders, 10 times faster than Tegra 2)
Model name Max. Clock rate Instruction set CPU GPU process Soft modem production used in
Tegra 4 1.9 GHz ARMv7 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 72 shaders 28 nm process from TSMC Q2 2013 Nvidia Shield portable, Vizio 10 "tablet, HP Slate 8 Pro, HP Slate 7 Extreme, Microsoft Surface 2, ZTE super phone, Asus Transformer TF701, MadCatz MOJO
Tegra 4i (Gray) 2.3 GHz ARMv7 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 60 shaders 28 nm LTE i500 (Icera) Q3 2013 Nvidia Phoenix, Wiko Wax, Wiko Highway 4G, Blackphone

Tegra K1 (code name Logan)

  • Processor: 2.3 GHz clocked Quad ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore R3 + max. 1 GHz clocked ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore R3 low power companion core or 2.5 GHz clocked dual-core Project Denver (ARMv8-compatible 64-bit core)
  • improved 192-core GPU clocked at 900 MHz and based on an SMX block with new shared architecture Kepler , this GPGPU supports CUDA and OpenGL 4.4. The GPU provides a computing power of 384 GFLOPS and is supposed to work approx. 1.5 times more energy-efficiently (computing power per watt) than Apple A7 and Qualcomm Snapdragon-800 .
  • Manufactured at Foundry TSMC in a 28 nm HPM process
  • approx. 50 times as fast as Tegra 2
  • was released in July 2014 (version with ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore R3) and October 2014 ( Project Denver ).
  • special version for the automotive market under the name Tegra-K1-VCM , which will be used in driver assistance and infotainment systems

64-bit Denver CPU

Under the name Denver , Nvidia developed its first own ARM CPU, a 64-bit ARMv8-compatible core, after having previously used CPUs exclusively licensed by ARM. A special feature is that the original ARM code is converted into a proprietary microcode at runtime, which can be processed more quickly. According to the relevant benchmark results, the Denver CPU is not only significantly faster than the fastest original core from ARM, the ARM Cortex-A57 , but also as Apple's in-house development Cyclone . Denver should even be able to keep up with low-end versions of Intel × 86 processors ( Haswell ) . First use of the CPU in the HTC Nexus 9 (October 2014).

Tegra X1 (code name Erista)

  • Processor: Quad ARM Cortex-A57 + Quad ARM Cortex-A53
  • GPU architecture Maxwell 256-core GPU clocked at 1 GHz and based on two SMM blocks. The GPU delivers a computing power of a maximum of 512 GFLOPS with single accuracy (FP32) and 1024 GFLOPS with half accuracy (FP16) and should work around 45% more energy-efficiently (computing power per watt) than the Apple A8 . It works through graphics-heavy benchmarks up to twice as fast as the Apple A8.
  • Production at Foundry TSMC in a 20 nm process
  • was presented in January 2015.
  • special platforms for the automotive market under the names DRIVE CX and DRIVE PX , which will be used in driver assistance systems and infotainment systems.

use

The APX 2500 was officially presented by Nvidia on February 12, 2008 at the GSM World Congress in Barcelona . The processor has been built into cell phones since 2009. The first media player with the chip was the Microsoft Zune HD , which has a high graphics performance thanks to the hardware platform. So the player can play 3D games and 720p videos.

The Tegra 2 and 3 have been installed in various products such as smartphones, tablet PCs and single-board computers since the end of 2010.

The Tegra X1 is used in the Nintendo Switch .

Embedded

For the embedded market there are still processor modules from the following companies:

  • Avionic Design Tamonten System , consisting of:
    • Evaluation board incl. FPGA, Tamonten NG evaluation carrier
    • Tegra 2 or Tegra 3 processor modules with a focus on IO support
  • Toradex (focus on compatibility)
  • e-con Systems (focus on compatibility)

These modules are available individually or in combination with carrier boards for individuals as well as companies and allow you to implement your own products or projects based on the Tegra processors. So the Tegra 3 z. B. in the new radio navigation systems in the new Audi A3 and VW Golf VII use.

Linux support

Nvidia provides proprietary drivers for the Tegra as part of its Linux-for-Tegra development kit. Nvidia and the embedded partner Avionic Design are working on open source drivers that will be incorporated into the Linux kernel.

Similar platforms

Web links

Commons : Nvidia Tegra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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