02-06-2016, 08:47 PM
Ben the nVidia Tegra chips don't have integrated modems and their power consumption has been high. As a result no one is using them in phones. I have only ever seen them in tablets. This severely limits the market for nVidia. I really don't know why they are doing this. Their mobile APUs are top notch. All they need is the modem. If they dial back the power consumption a bit they would probably have their processors in a whole bunch of phones and they would be making billions of dollars.
Usually I find that nVidia is very well run but in this particular area I really think they could be doing better. I find it hard to believe that they can engineer such complex GPUs but then they are unable to integrate something as simple as a modem.
Usually I find that nVidia is very well run but in this particular area I really think they could be doing better. I find it hard to believe that they can engineer such complex GPUs but then they are unable to integrate something as simple as a modem.