Nvidia shows off its graphics prowess with the upcoming Kepler powered Tegra 5 LOGAN processor

Nvidia has demonstrated its upcoming Tegra 5 mobile chip with Kepler graphics and it’s a true monster. It’s actually the first chip capable of rendering a 1080p lifelike model of the human face, the Faceworks “Digital Ira” model.

The upcoming Tegra 5 chip is codenamed Logan and built on a 28nm manufacturing node. It might be the first one to leapfrog Adreno and PowerVR competitors on ARM. We have actually already seen the first impressive demos of Logan this summer, but this one is truly impressive.

Nonetheless, this chip is still too power-hungry for mobile devices. The developer version of Logan consumes 2-3W of power while final Tegra 5 for phones should end up optimized to run at at around 1W. However on tablets, the Logan with Kepler combo is expected to be more powerful than the PlayStation 3. Impressive.

The test that really wowed us here renders a very realistic human face with all reflections, lighting, skin textures, and expressions. The Ira test runs on full 1080p and you can find a video of the demonstration right below. PhoneArena

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Nvidias Tegra Note Stylus performance demo videos released

The story of the Nvidia Tegra Note started back in August for us, when the first pieces of information on a duo of Nvidia tablets surfaced on the web. We never heard more about the fancier, more high-end one, but the 7-inch Tegra Note has since become a reality that carries a very welcoming $199 starting price. Its specs sheet reads very well, as it sports a 720p screen that is powered by Nvidias very own Tegra 4 SoC, 2GB of RAM. Furthermore, the slab features what the company is calling DirectStylus (see video below), and it really is trying to push it. Not too surprising, seeing as according to Nvidia, feedback is overwhelmingly what customers are looking for.

But while the specs and the price are predominantly what youll be looking at, from our point of view, its quite curious to consider Nvidias business model for the Tegra Note. Namely, the California-based company wont be manufacturing the Note itself, but rather provide a reference design to willing partners, that can then go ahead and brand the tablet. This kind of process certainly isnt unheard of, but its definitely far from the norm, especially when a high-profile companys products are involved, so itll be intriguing to see where it gets Nvidia. Interestingly enough, one cant help but draw parallels between this move, and the way Nvidias GPUs business work, with companies like EVGA (which is taking a shot at the Tegra Note, by the way) and others branding and further tweaking its graphics units. PhoneArena

Alas, we digress. Youll be wanting to check out them teasers we sneakily avoided mentioning until now, the very ones you can see immediately below.

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