Tablets Based on NVIDIA's Tegra 2 Get Delayed

With all the delays that NVIDIA and/or its products have been the protagonist of, it would not be very surprising to hear of more launch dates being postponed by/because of the Santa Clara-based GPU maker. As such, learning that alleged issues with the Tegra 2 mobile platform may delay the launch of tablets under development at Compal, ICD and Notion Ink would not come as totally surprising. Now, reports have emerged suggesting that a combination of hardware and software technical problems might have this very result.

SlashGear reports that, according to what they call a trusted source, the Tegra 2 mobile chipset isn't coming along as quickly as intended. The chipset is based on the ARM architecture and is supposedly poised to become one, if not the next big player on the market of mobile electronics.

Already, there is a noticeable number of companies that have adopted the technology, such as Compal, which was supposed to be the first supplier of Tegra slates. It will reportedly delay the launch until the middle of September. Also, ICD's two tablets, namely the 15-inch Vega and the 7-inch Ultra, aren't expected to arrive before October 2010.

End-users that are up to date with developments surrounding these tablets will know that these models were supposed to come out in June through the third quarter. These month-long delays seem to suggest that the problems are quite serious. The actual issue, according to SlashGear's source, is “a combination of hardware and software technical problems, as well as stability and Flash availability.”

The folks behind the report got in touch with NVIDIA and asked if anything was wrong with Tegra development. Surprisingly, instead of refusing to comment on it, as it often does when asked of unofficial reports, the company replied that the rumors are false and that “everything’s on track.”