Nvidia just put out a preview of their upcoming quad core Kal-El chip’s capabilities at Computex with a video demo that looks as awesome as a Superman-named chip sounds. What’s in it? A demo of a game where you roll a glowing circus ball around. Yeah, definitely not as intriguing as “firing a bunch of teed-off birds at pigs,” but it’s not about the game. It’s about what the quad-core can do. And what exactly can it do? Dynamic lighting, realistic physics, and graphics that are “smooth as butter.” If you’re into mobile gaming, you’re definitely going to want to check out the demo video because if this is what’s going to power tablets by the end of the year, you’re going to want a new tablet.
A little bit more info on the Kal-el chip in case you want the details: The world’s first mobile quad-core processor integrates a 12-core GeForce GPU, and has been shown to play 1440p (2560 x 1440 resolution) HD videos smoothly. Nvidia has also gone on to show that it would be able to outperform an early 2GHz Core 2 Duo T7200 processor.
Anyway, forget the numbers. The effects on that video says it all.
Tags: Kal-El, Mobile Graphics, Nvidia, Tegra 3
