Nvidia's Tegra 4 leaks with 72-core graphics for your smartphone
Chiphell has leaked specs of Nvidia's next-generation Tegra processor for smartphones and tablets. Codenamed Wayne, the Tegra 4 will reportedly feature Tegra 3's 4-plus-1 setup, which has four regular cores and a low-power companion core to save battery life. The CPU, described as a "4-PLUS-1 Quad Core Eagle," is likely to be a Cortex-A15: Eagle was ARM's codename for the architecture. Nvidia is best known for its graphics, however, and if this leak is to be believed, the Tegra 4 will have six times the graphical power of current-generation Tegra chips thanks to a "72-core" (we imagine Nvidia is referring to cuda cores here) GPU setup.
The Tegra 4 should be more forgiving on your smartphone's battery than Tegra 3, thanks to a reduced...
