14 DAY TRIAL // Google is readying the release of a new flavor of Android
for the end of the ongoing year, and some more info on what the devices that would run under it might pack inside emerged.
During its Q1 earnings call, Nvidia confirmed that its next-gen Tegra chip would most certainly power some of the new devices running under it.
Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia, said during the briefing that the company is working closely with Google on the delivery of new products based on Ice Cream.
“We're really excited about the work that they're doing on Ice Cream. And I can't comment too much more other than that, but we're working very closely with their teams on the Ice Cream Sandwich,” he said.
“And as all of these products - they will come to the market when they're great, and I'm certainly expecting them to be great on this year.”
Of course, he did not specifically mention that the company's quad-core chip would be packed inside Ice Cream-powered devices, but he suggested that things might be this way.
For those out of the loop, we should note that Nvidia showcased its quad-core Kal-El processor (which is expected to arrive on shelves as Tegra 3, the successor of dual-core Tegra 2) a few months ago, and that it already suggested that devices based on it might be released this year.
When asked about their advancements on quad-core technology when compared to competitors, Jen-Hsun Huang, suggested that they have left others behind.
“But we're working very closely with Google on Ice Cream Sandwich, and it's a very important new generation of operating system based on starting from the Honeycomb base and I'm expecting it to be really terrific,” Nvidia's CEO stated.
“And so we're working very closely with the Google team, and Tegra will be surely be wonderful for Ice Cream when it comes.”
Google already pointed at the possible launch of a new Nexus device before the end of the year, with Ice Cream Sandwich on board, and chances are that it would pack a Tegra 3 chip inside, though it remains to be seen if this would indeed pan out or not.