Nvidia is making a bigger push into devices with the Tegra Note, though the chipmaker is stopping short of releasing its own tablet.
The Tegra Note is "tablet platform" for 7-inch, Tegra 4-based tablets, with prices as low as $200. Instead of merely providing the hardware blueprints, Nvidia will pre-load Tegra Note-based tablets with its own features and apps, and will handle over-the-air software updates for users.
In that sense, it's more than just a reference design for hardware makers to copy, but it's not a finished product like the Nvidia Shield gaming handheld. Nvidia wants its branding to shine through, but wants hardware makers to handle the production, sales, and distribution, and to add their own features.
The main attraction of the Tegra Note is its support for Nvidia's DirectStylus technology, which lets users create pressure-sensitive pen strokes with a basic passive stylus. The Tegra 4 GPU can also apply image processing to tell the difference between fingers, palms and various stylus tips. Essentially, Nvidia is trying to mimic the benefits of active digitizer tablets, such as Samsung's Galaxy Note, without the added cost of the digitizer.
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