Nintendo DSi to Get Tegra 2 NVIDIA Processors

Nintendo DSi With Faster Internet & Better Graphics That Match the iPod & the iPhone

ninty_dsi_black1

When it comes to getting the web on your DSi, any early adopter can tell you that it is sluggish at best. Sure, the photo integration with Facebook is a lot of fun, but basic tasks like checking your Gmail account can often fail because the processor is just too slow to handle anything serious. Don’t even try to watch a You Tube video, like you can on your iPod. Well, at least don’t try until the new Nintendo DSi is being upgraded with NVIDIA’s new Tegra 2 processors.

While this is still mostly a rumor, it has been hinted at by several sources inside Nintendo that the DSi’s processing speeds and graphics handling capabilities are going to match the iPod Touch and the iPhone.

The rumored processor would be based on the newer ARM11 architecture, instead of the currently used ARM7 standard. As for the graphics, word is that it will run on the GeForce 5000 series chipset but with a manufacturing process similar to the GeForce 300 series, which leads to a much lower power consumption — a blessing to anyone who has spent a great deal of time with a mobile device.

Sure, it won’t be on store shelves for a while, and Japan will get it first, but once it does hit our side of the Pacific, it could significantly decrease the sales of the iPod Touch. Now, it just needs some cell phone service.

Credit: Source.
Related Stories on TFTS:
  • Apple Says That Apple A5X Is Four Times Faster Than Tegra 3, NVIDIA Wants To Know How

    NVIDIA PR Responds To Apple's Claims That The New iPad HD Will Be 4x Times Faster Than T3 Android Tablets

  • New iPad Is Faster Than NVIDIA Tegra 3, Benchmarks Show

    Now That The iPad 3 Is Out, Open-Source Testing Shows That iPad Beats ASUS Transformer, No Response From NVIDIA

  • NVIDIA Tegra Grey System-On-A-Chip Coming This Year

    NVIDIA CEO Says That Tegra Grey Chipsets Coming, Expect Tegra 3 Quad-Core Phones Coming At Mobile World Congress

  • Nvidia & Microsoft Look To Get Tegra 3 Hardware To Developers

    Microsoft Making A Big Push To Get Developers In On Windows 8, Working With Nvidia To Get Tegra 3-Powered Gear To The Software Folks

  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Announced

    NVIDIA Unveils New Upper Mid-End Graphics Card, Affordable Kepler GPU For The Masses With 915MHz Stock Clockspeed

  • Acer V3 Series Notebooks Announced

    Acer V3 Series Notebook Lineup Announced, Will Bring 14-, 15.6- & 17-Inch Models With Intel Core Processors & NVIDIA GeForce GT Series Graphics



  • 1 Comment / Add Your Response?

    1. Gray says:

      Isnt Shigeru Miyamoto wanting a 3G on the next DS?? =))

    We think you may also like: