NVIDIA has seemingly confirmed an upcoming HTC tablet will pack its Tegra K1 CPU, Bright Side of News reports.
The tablet is believed to be the rumored Nexus 8/9, which is listed with the K1 in NVIDIA documents relevant to the company's legal battle with Qualcomm and Samsung over GPU technology patents, Droid-Life notes. The documents also reportedly tip the device for a release date sometime during Q3 of this year - which means it should arrive pretty soon considering we are currently in Q3.
Recent alleged screenshots reportedly confirmed the tablet will arrive with the Nvidia K1 64-bit Denver chip, Android Geeks reports.
The screenshots, which were posted to Youtube by TKTech News, reveal the 64-bit uses two ARMv8 architecture compatible 2.5 GHz Denver CPU cores. The GPU, meanwhile, is a 192-core Kepler.
The chipset was previously tipped for the tablet by leaker @upleaks.
AndroidPIT reports that the 64-bit would give the Nexus 8 a serious advantage over its competition in the performance and battery life fields:
"What does this all mean? Basically it means that mobile devices using the Denver 64-bit Tegra K1 chip can offer PC-level performance in apps and web-browsing, with extended battery life to boot. It will also further support content creation and, of course, offer new possibilities for mobile gaming. A few days ago @upleaks tweeted that the Google Nexus 8 (Nexus 9) will feature a 64-bit Tegra processor and we suspect this will be the Tegra K1 Denver."
HTC T1(a.k.a Flounder/Volantis) 64Bit Tegra processor, MDM9x25 modem(for cellular model), 4GB RAM(Elpida 2GB*2), NFC, GPS, Android L
- @upleaks (@upleaks) August 8, 2014
The Nexus 8 is believed to feature high-end hardware in an aluminum unibody.
@evleaks previously revealed that the device will pack the Tegra K1 processor, 64GB of internal storage, and either a 5MP or 8MP rear-facing camera. The Nexus 8 is also now being tipped for an 8.9-inch display with 2,560x1,600 pixel resolution, instead of the 2,048x1,440 pixel resolution previously reported.
