Android to bring NVIDIA Tegra

NVIDIA Corporation announced a collaboration with Google and Open Handset Alliance, which has resulted in a full package of software with open source Android mobile processor-based computer-on-chip "Tegra. According to the company, thanks to Android software manufacturers and operators can now use the Tegra processors to create a mobile phones with advanced user capabilities that support the work of Internet content and providing services such as mobile and geographically heterogeneous content-oriented applications.

The new processor NVIDIA Tegra APX 2600 with Android will be shown at the NVIDIA booth at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. NVIDIA will provide our OEM-partners, optimized, and high-speed port of Android in the second quarter of 2009.

"NVIDIA and Google work together on the disclosure of the visual computing capabilities of mobile devices, and today's announcement combined with the power of innovation Tegra platform Android", - said Michael Reyfild (Michael Rayfield), director of mobile business at NVIDIA. "NVIDIA will continue to work within the Alliance Open Handset Alliance, to improve Android, introducing advanced mobile graphics and media acceleration of applications and make use of handheld devices more intuitive and instinctive."