I think this is a very big deal (and it's a claimed 5x performance over the T20). Check this out:


In this benchmark, the Tegra 3 surpasses a Core2duo, and is certain to have a GPU that is significantly more impressive than the in-built GMA (SGX535).

NOTE: This is a benchmark on multiple cores, and is not necessarily indicative of real-world performance or single-core performance in a regular app. Still, a mobile SoC competing with a notebook processor favourably in any regard is somewhat impressive.

At this point, distros like Ubuntu can not only run well on the hardware, but potentially run better than ATOM netbooks.


With mobile capability (as a result of performance) evolving at this rate, I suspect the 'Osborne effect' is in full-effect, especially among the informed -- us. But it's about to reach somewhat of a breaking point, and I believe that's with the next iteration of SoCs. Past this point, speed/memory will increase, but not so much that the new software will be isolated to the newer processors. A good analogy is running a modern Linux distro on an old Pentium. It will run, not comfortably, but it will run. However, devices bumping SoCs like Tegra2 will be somewhat constrained in the types of software they can run.