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Jen-Hsun Huang Talks PC Revolution at D@CES

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 06:45 PM PST

In a few years, whatever we expect our PC to do today will be possible on a superphone.

Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA’s CEO, told a crowd of 300 at the All Things D at CES event, that the flexibility, low-cost and low-power virtues of the ARM processor will make that sleek, pocket-size, piece of silicon as powerful as a high-end consumer notebook.

Whether it’s watching a 3D movie in high-def, manipulating data on spreadsheets, maneuvering an avatar within console-quality games, or whipping up executive-ready PowerPoint slides, your smart phone will do it all.

“Whatever expectations you have of a PC will be fulfilled by a mobile device,” he told All Things D’s Ina Freed in a freewheeling 45-minute chat. Clad in trademark black, Jen-Hsun said that the explosion of ARM has been fueled by the thousands of software engineers working on it.


“ARM has democratized the CPU,” he said, arguing that the x86 monopoly has been busted for good.

CES 2011 will be remembered, he said, as a watershed for the industry, comparing it to 1995 when DOS’s death notice arrived.

“When we look back 10 years from now, this will be the year the personal computer market got redefined,” he said.

Jen-Hsun’s chat was sandwiched between Walt Mossberg’s interview of Microsoft privacy supremo Dean Hachamovitch and Kara Swisher’s face-to-face with Twitter COO Dick Costolo.

Winner, Winner! NVIDIA Racking Up Trophies at CES

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 03:37 PM PST

Me calling this CES “NVIDIA’s Show” while writing for the NVIDIA blog would be kind of, well, lame.

But it might also be true.

The buzz around tablets and 4G smartphones is all over Vegas, and the majority of those devices have a dual-core Tegra 2 chip inside of them. And that sexy Tesla Model S parked in the outdoor Central Pavilion? NVIDIA’s powering the massive 17″ display and infotainment system on that, too. So how can you blame me for saying what everyone else has been saying all week: NVIDIA’s all over CES 2011.

But don’t take my word for it. Let’s see what the staff of Laptop Magazine has to say on their best of CES 2011 awards page:

Best in Show: Tegra 2

Best Enabling Technology: NVIDIA Tegra 2

“Nvidia first showcased its Tegra 2 system on a chip at last year’s CES, but it wasn’t until this year’s show that everyone got a chance to see what the hardware could really do. We’re talking about dual-core phones that can stream 1080p content to your big screen via HDMI, handle Flash sites and 3D games with ease, and make video chat buttery smooth. Everywhere we turned we saw manufacturers unveiling or announcing products with Tegra 2 at the core, including several tablets.”

Of course, the “best enabling technology” has to actual enable something, right? Check out these other Laptop Best of CES award winners, all enabled by Tegra 2:

Best Notebook: Alienware M17x

“How do you improve upon one of the word’s fastest notebooks? If you’re Dell, you update your popular Alienware M17x gaming rig with …Nvidia GTX 460″

Best Smartphone: Motorola Atrix 4G

“Pushing the limits of what it means to be a smart phone, Motorola’s Atrix 4G … is a powerful Android superphone running Nvidia’s dual-core Tegra 2 CPU.”

Best Tablet: Motorola Xoom

“This dual-core tablet has plenty of oomph, too, whether you’re enjoying 1080p video, playing intense games, or zooming around 3D buildings in Google Maps 5.0.”

Note: Xoom is powered by a dual-core Tegra 2 CPU
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