Nvidia is expected to add Samsung Electronics to its...
Nvidia is expected to add Samsung Electronics to its list of smartphone suppliers using the Tegra 2 processor, industry sources said. The Tegra 2, expected to produce $400 million to $600 million in revenue this year, is at the heart…
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of Motorola’s Atrix 4G and LG Electronics’ Optimus 2X smartphones and is said to be close to landing a fourth smartphone supplier, sources said. The Tegra chips posted $50 million to $60 million in revenue in 2010, short of a $200 million goal because many products featuring Google’s honeycomb and gingerbread operating systems were postponed to this year (CED Feb 18 p3). Michael Hara, senior vice president of investor relations, declined to comment. Nvidia is expected to ship the Kal-El Tegra 3 chip in Q4 featuring a quad-core design and manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. using a 40-nanometer design. The Tegra 3, which will be 3D-capable, will support resolutions up to 2,569 x 1,600 and feature a 12-core Nvidia graphics processor. Nvidia also will add to its ARM-based processors through 2014, sources said. Meanwhile, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang received $598,442 in base salary, and total compensation valued at $5.27 million, up from $3.48 million a year earlier, according to the company’s proxy statement. Huang got stock options valued at $3.25 million, down from $3.47 million the previous year, when he voluntarily cut his base pay to $1. Huang was paid a $401,272 base salary in fiscal 2009.