Apple A9X: The Mobile Processor That Outperforms a Wii U?

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Trunkin said:

Soundwave said:

Do you mean the Nvidia Tegra X1 and the Shield Console? That may be above the Wii U (possibly though Nvidia sometimes overstates performance), but technically it's not been put into a portable form factor yet, though Nvidia filed a trademark for a tablet that's upcoming with the X1 chip. 

Lol, yeah. I was thinking Shield, but I typed "Steam."

 

I didn't realize they hadn't released a tablet with that SOC yet. I recall seeing an Unreal 4 demo that was supposedly running on an X1 powered tablet a while back, so I assumed the tablet would already have released by now.

It sounds like it's coming:

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/44407/nvidias-rumored-shield-2-codenamed-loki-powered-tegra-x1/index.html

I think they were waiting for 14nm so the chip can run cooler for a tablet form factor and Nvidia just signed that deal with Samsung for 14nm manufacturing. So that's probably why they've waited. The current Tegra X1 is made on the 20nm process whereas A9X is on the 14nm FinFET process. 

I'm guessing they also maybe wanted to see the A9X first too.