Sentences with phrase «companion core»

When a significantly cheaper Android tablet like the Google Nexus 7 is able to pack a quadcore processor (plus a fifth companion core) we were surprised that the Tab 2 10.1 didn't follow suit, but with some of the multi-tasking features on offer Samsung has opted to include an Exynos Quad - core processor and an above tablet average 2 GB of RAM.

NVIDIA's low - power companion core on the Tegra 3 chipset helps it all along, handling background services and tasks without using much battery life at all.

The Tegra 4 specs include a quad core 1.8 Ghz processor (where one of them goes up to 1.9 Ghz), another 5th ARM CortexA15 companion core, for power consumption purposes, and a 72 core GPU (the same Tegra 2 / Tegra 3 architecture, though).

With brightness set to 50 percent, WiFi on but not connected, the One X's 1,800 mAh juicepack managed six hours of continuous video playback — that's two hours short of its sibling, the One S. Obviously, this sort of activity is likely to use the phone's multiple cores, but we found that Tegra 3's 4 - PLUS - 1 setup still continues to slurp the battery on very light use — we didn't notice that extra companion core taking any sort of burden off the phone's power consumption.

Nvidia's Tegra 3 setup actually has a fifth companion core, too, allowing it to manage high - and low - frequency tasks with an unprecedented level of efficiency.

In addition to its four primary cores there's a low - power companion core to take care of low - level tasks, and a whopping 12 graphical cores ensure games are almost console quality.

That's a great deal of power for when you need it, but Nvidia has also added a fifth, low - power «companion core,» whose role will be to keep things running during standby and other low - intensity modes.

You see, there's actually a fifth «companion core» integrated into the chipset, which can handle idle modes or low - level tasks such as word processing.

Once a user fires up a game, browses the Web, or performs a task that needs the extra power, the Tegra 3 processor disables the companion core and activates all four processing cores.

Well as an Nvidia white paper reveals, the extra «companion core» means parts of Kal - El can be power optimised,... Read more

In addition to the four cores and the companion core, Tegra 3 also has a 12 - core GeForce graphics processing unit with support for stereoscopic 3D, new video engines for playing 1080p HD video and more.

Once you start doing tasks that require significant power, everything is shifted from the companion core to the quad - cores and the companion core is shut down.

The lower power consumption is thanks to a fifth «companion cube» «companion core» that is designed to do the easy lifting, completely shutting down the quad - core CPU when it isn't needed.

Companion bots are also capable of performing special moves against enemy bots and extra damage if your companions core color matches that of the enemy it is attacking.