Kal-El Quad-Core Mobile Processor Graphic Prowess Revealed in Tech Demo

by Justin B. on May 30, 2011 @ 5:49 pm

A recent tech demo showing Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra processor (codenamed Kal-El) was unveiled today, showcasing the graphical potential of the mobile platform. The tech demo, viewed above, demonstrates the processor’s ability to dynamically render the lighting effects and provide even more realistic environmental interaction. The person walking us through the demo finished by saying that the retail version of the processor will see an increase of around 20%, quite an accomplishment for an already impressive performance.

Kal-El is set to be in mobile devices by the end of this year, competing with Sony’s NGP, Nintendo 3DS, and the iOS lineup. Here’s to hoping we see some more impressive Android games come this fall, the platform in which Kal-El is most likely to be adopted on.

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slicer4ever says:

wait a tick, a quad-core processor for mobile platforms, what type of battery life are we talking for devices with this?

FrozenIpaq says:

No idea currently. The dual core processors haven't really impacted battery life in a positive or negative way over single core mobile processors so it's anyone's guess

x3sphere says:

As far as general usage goes there should be no difference, it's not as if all cores need to be running at once. Mobile processors these days intelligently shut down cores when they're not needed.

slicer4ever says:

true enough, but i can't imagine the battery would last long if your maxing it out(also, what is the speed for each core?)

FrozenIpaq says:

Speed/clock of the cores haven't been released yet. I would expect 1ghz

KurianOfBorg says:

Well the iPhone battery life drops from 10 hours of continuous video streaming to 1 hour of continuous gaming.

MenaceInc says:

Fairly sure mine gets about 7 hours of continuous THPS2 :\

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