NVIDIA: Android will squash iPad in 3yrs; Kal-El scores 10 design wins

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NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has revealed that the company has already found 10 design wins for the upcoming quad core "Kal-El" next gen processor, leading the outspoken exec to predict that, within three years, Android tablets will be outselling Apple’s iPad. Speaking at the Reuters summit, Huang pointed to the rapid progress of Android smartphones, suggesting that the same pattern would hold true in tablets.

“The Android phone took only two and a half years to achieve the momentum that we’re talking about” he explained. “I would expect the same thing on Honeycomb tablets.”

Kal-El will, Huang believes, help lead that drive. NVIDIA’s next chip has apparently found a space “at least ten” devices; “we have five major phone companies and we have five major PC [manufacturers]” he revealed. Kal-El was announced back in February, promising 5x the performance of Tegra 2 as found in current Honeycomb tablets like the Motorola XOOM and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

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[Steady Hawkin]

That's a hell of a goal, I have no doubt they will reach it.

[Mujibar]

That is one kick-butt processor! (LOVE the name, too.)

[SLAG IT!]

It all depends on marketing. I think the potential is there and I love the fact everything is moving forward.

[Droid-Xer]

The sky is the limit!

[tp76]

Yeah, the name is awesome - glad to be along for the ride