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Toshiba first to adopt Tegra 4, say Taiwan makers
Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Friday 1 February 2013]

Toshiba, among tablet and smartphone vendors, is so far the only one to adopt Nvidia's Tegra 4 platform for tablets to be launched in June 2013, implying that Tegra 4 is struggling to compete with quad-core platforms developed by Qualcomm, MediaTek and China-based IC design houses, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

Asustek Computer and Acer, which have been aggressive about the tablet market, have not yet decided whether to place orders for Tegra 4 as their focuses have already turned from 10-inch and above tablets to the 7-inch entry-level segment.

As for Asustek's smartphone product line, the company's close partnership with Qualcomm is likely to prompt the two firms to continue smartphone cooperation in the future, leaving Tegra 4 to become just a backup solution, the sources noted.

To regain its momentum, Nvidia is considering reducing the Tegra 3's price to attract entry-level orders from brand vendors; however, the sources pointed out that even with a cut, Tegra 3's price is still not likely to become competitive against solutions from MediaTek and China-based IC design houses in terms of price.

Nvidia facing weak Tegra 4 demand

Nvidia facing weak Tegra 4 demand
Photo: Shihmin Fu, Digitimes file photo

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