NVIDIA's Tegra 3 Quad-Core Chip May Have 4G LTE Compatibility Soon

[dgstorm]

Just yesterday, NVIDIA issued a press statement sharing that there new Icera 410 LTE multi-mode data modem for tablets and clam shell devices has been validated for use on AT&T’s 4G LTE network. This means that their Tegra 3 Quad-Core chips are one step closer to compatibility with 4G LTE. Here's the full press release,

NVIDIA Icera Modem Chipset Validated on AT&T LTE Network

SANTA CLARA, CA — (Marketwire) — 05/24/2012 — NVIDIA today announced that the NVIDIA® Icera® 410 LTE multimode data modem chipset for tablets and clamshell devices has been tested and validated for operation on the AT&T 4G LTE network.

AT&T qualification tests help ensure that product manufacturers can confidently select chipsets that integrate with connected devices and can quickly achieve final product qualification.

“Validation with AT&T is an achievement that paves the way for NVIDIA Icera-powered LTE devices on the AT&T network through this year and next,” said Stan Boland, senior vice president of Mobile Communications at NVIDIA.

The NVIDIA Icera 410 LTE modem delivers lightning-fast web browsing, video streaming and multiplayer gaming to tablets and clamshell devices. It is the first Icera modem to implement 4G LTE in NVIDIA’s software defined radio baseband processor. Together with its multimode radio transceiver, the chipset offers 4G LTE at category 2 data rates (up to 50 Mbps) as well as 4G HSPA+, 3G and 2G compatibility.

 

[johnomaz]

How can a chip be incompatible with the LTE radio? I'm no hardware engineer but does it have to do with the frequency being broadcasted or something? Call me stupid, but isn't it just a driver thing?

 

[combatmedic870]

Tegra 3 is sooooooooooooo First quarter! Shouldnt they be on like tegra 6 by now!:blink:

:disappointed::haha::haha::haha::haha::haha::serious:

 

[Stormy Knight]

The original Bionic was supposed to hit the streets with an nVidia chipset but Motorola had problems with the LTE radio not working reliably if at all. They scrapped it and released the next phone with the OMAP cpu that didn't have that problem. nVidia howled about this publicly stating that there were no compatibility issues between their SOC and LTE radios.

Now they're saying that their SOC is now compatible with 4G LTE?