Nvidia’s Tegra 4 appears bringing 72-core graphics to your smartphone

The new Nvidia Tegra 4 has been revealed in a leak that suggests your mobile could be in for a 72-core boost that makes playing 4K video and high-end games a breeze – all while saving battery life.

The rumoured new Tegra 4 uses a 4-plus-1 quad core like the Tegra 3 meaning that smaller fifth core will help save battery. But this new version will save even more power thanks to the new 28nm manufacturing process. And with a 72-core GPU even brand new console games could become a resident on your mobile.

Since it’s being called a Quad Core Eagle it’s likely to come using ARM’s Cortex-A15 processor, which was codenamed Eagle when in production. And with rumours of USB 3.0 functionality and 4K video support we’re going to expect to see this in action at CES in January. Check back then for more official details.

[chiphell via the verge]

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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