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Hey guys, it's Steven. I want to talk to you today about something that came out of CES
and I haven;t been hearing a lot about. Everybody is excited about Project Christine from Razer,
everybody is excited about the new Steam boxes, but not a lot of people have been talking
about the new SoC out of Nvidia and that's the Tegra K1. So let's go ahead and talk about
it a little bit. Now the Tegra K1 is based on the architecture out of Nvidia. That is
found on the GTX 600 and 700 series graphics cards. So I have a 670, it is based on the
exact same architecture that is found in the graphics card in my computer, which is pretty
amazing if you think about it. The Tegra K1 has 192 CUDA cores. That's not to be confused
with an actual core that's found in a processor such as an i7, i5, or anything from AMD. It's
a little bit different. So CUDA stands for Compute Unified Device Architecture. So what
that basically means is that your graphics card can do more general purpose processing,
not just all of the graphical processing. So this used Nvidia's PhysX, for example,
where a lot of compute power is needed but a little less graphical chops are needed.
It's different than say a regular processing core in that processes things a little bit
slower but since there are 192 of them in the Nvidia K1, that means that there can be
many more processes going on at once, they are just much slower than a regular processor
would do them. The Tegra K1 comes equipped with a quad-core ARM-cortex A15 processor
running at about 2.3 ghz. If you want to compare this to the current Haswell i7, that is 4
cores running at about 3.4 ghz. Compare it to the i3 Haswell, that's 2 cores also running
at 3.4 ghz, s it's definitely nothing to scoff at processor wise. But what's great about
the Tegra K1 is for the first time we have an architecture in a mobile platform that
is also found in current-gen desktop graphics cards. So what this allows is something like
DirectX 11 is supported on the Tegra K1. OpenGL 4.4 is supported on the Tegra K1. Epic is
bringing Unreal Engine 4 to the Tegra K1. We are going to see games that are almost
the same quality as PC games coming to this device. Now is it going to match something
like a GTX Titan? No, it's not going to match that. It's a mobile processor. It's a mobile
System on a Chip, it can't match something that's this big and fits inside a case that's
this big. It just can't do that. But it's a step in the right direction. It is a great
step in making things more even. It's more powerful than an Xbox 360 or a PS3, which
if you think about it is amazing. An Xbox 360 requires a power brick almost as big as
a console. If you're gonna put that in a small device like a phone or a tablet, that's an
incredible feat. So what does this mean for the average consumer? What's most likely going
to happen, what I think is going to happen, is you are going to see PC and console games
starting to be ported to mobile devices much quicker and much more often. Right now we
have a few, like I know The Wolf Among Us is on tablets and things like that, but nothing
like Battlefield 4 is coming to a tablet unless you have something running Windows. I think
that's going to start happening a lot more. Android and iOS gaming is going to explode.
Not necessarily iOS because they are using their own processors, but Android gaming in
particular is going to explode. If they pack this thing into the next Shield, which everybody
believes that they will, that thing is going to be a powerhouse. It could replace your
console if you're not into that way expensive Xbox One or the more expensive but not ridiculously
expensive PS4. What this is going to do to the average consumer is it's probably going
to start phasing out laptops entirely. Your average tablet isn't as powerful as a laptop
so you still need a workhorse to do a lot of things. People are already phasing out
desktops, laptops days are numbered if this kind of power becomes more acceptable and
more seen within tablets. I think gaming consoles are going to get hit the hardest by this.
The graphical power in this thing is amazing for the size of it. It absolutely dwarfs everything
we've ever seen before. Unreal Engine 4 is the most recent Unreal engine and Epic has
said they are going to support the Tegra K1. OpenGL 4.4 is the most recent version of OpenGL
found in a lot of advanced video games. Same thing with DirectX 11. I think regular consoles
are going to start getting phased out, especially if they Nvidia keeps pushing these things
out every year, it's going to beat current consoles. The way they are going it's going
to pass them. We have to see what happens but I honestly think consoles days are numbered.
Alright guys be sure to like, favorite, and subscribe if you liked this video. let me
know in the comment section if you think the Tegra K1 is as good as I seem to think it
is, and I will see you guys on the next video.