That's the quick and not entirely complete explanation for why Nvidia (nasdaq: NVDA - news - people ) moved last Sunday to counter Intel 's (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) foray into processors for mobile devices with an expanded low-power processor line of its own, dubbed Tegra.

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It sports both Firewire, USB 2.0 ports and a Nvidia (nasdaq: NVDA - news - people ) GeForce 4 graphics card.

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The deal also puts pressure on rival chipmaker Nvidia (nasdaq: NVDA - news - people ), whose chipset business is heavily concentrated on AMD's chips.

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Companies such as Nvidia (nasdaq: NVDA - news - people ) struggled, at first, to produce software drivers that worked smoothly with Vista, Reeves says.

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But its graphics components are specially made graphics chips from Nvidia (nasdaq: NVDA - news - people ), not the usual graphics chips you'll find in a PC.

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Inside the machine there's a Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people )-made 1-gigahertz PowerPC processor, an Nvidia (nasdaq: NVDA - news - people ) GeForce4 440 Go graphics processor and a 60-gigabyte hard drive.

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And while Nvidia (nasdaq: NVDA - news - people ) has had the upper hand in the graphics market over the past year, AMD (nyse: AMD - news - people ) hopes to recapture lost ground for its ATI graphics business, which it acquired in 2006.

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While these updates are common for tablet upgrades, The Verge reports that the new device will also include a Tegra 3 Processor from NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), support Android 4.0 or a more recent iteration, come with a wide arrange of storage options (16GB, 32GB, or 64GB), contain 3G connectivity and offer 10 hours of Wi-Fi battery life.

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