NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Goes to the Next Level

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) indeed is one of the biggest name in the graphic card industry. In fact it is an institution of its own which has continuously evolved into the company it is today. So when the company announced the launch of a new chip named Tegra X1, all eyes were set on it and no one was disappointed at the end. The all new Tegra X1 by NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is the future of technology. It has indeed surpassed all its predecessors and has managed to push competition in the corner.

Unveiled at the CES 2015 in Las Vegas, the chip is developed by GPU Maxwell Technologies (NASDAQ:MXWL). The chip has a central processing unit of 8 cores and graphic processing unit of 256 cores. This chip can process a data of a teraflop and no other mobile chip in the market can match this output. The Tegra X1 also has the power to record video in 4K and will be very efficient in terms of power consumption. One should keep in mind that only in 2000 was a super computer was able to process a data of one teraflop.

As the world is moving towards better speeds, high quality graphics and power efficiency, Tegra X1by NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) houses everything that is required by a modern day smart phone user. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) has made sure that the new chip is compatible with all the graphic standards. After a successful launch of Tegra X1, CEO of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) stated that the company would like to introduce this chip to the automobile industry.

The CEO said that he believed that the future cars would be the most complex and efficient computer systems in the world. At the moment a lot of auto manufacturers are using chips made by NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) but it seems that the company wants to push the limits. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is working on two products, the Drive PX and the Drive CX. These products are an effort by NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) to collaborate with the leading automobile manufacturers of the world and create a new breed of smart cars that would offer a number of features to its users.

The Drive PX by NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) will be an auto drive system that would take the driving experience to a whole new level and would be aided with as many as 12 cameras installed in the car. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) aims to introduce an auto valet system through the Drive PX. On the other hand, The Drive CX by NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) would turn the driver seat into an automatic cockpit and would assist in driving, navigating and a number of other functions.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is hopeful to make these products a success through the new Tegra X1. The introduction of Tegra X1 by NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) comes at a critical time. All the other companies at the moment are researching on new chips and Tegra X1 has just managed to over shadow all their research designs.