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2013 Audi A8L: Nvidia Graphics, Wi-Fi, LED Lights, And Google Earth
Jan 24, 2014 - in Articles > Automotive
How Much Nvidia Is Inside Audi's A8L? Audi is one of the first automotive companies to hook up with Nvidia for help with its infotainment systems. Despite the public cooperation and announcements on both sides of the aisle, neither would confirm the exact application
Getting To Know Audi's Top-End A8L It'd be hard to talk about luxury vehicles without bringing up Audi. It's an accomplished brand that made a major comeback after struggling in the 80s and 90s after false accusations of unintended acceleration. Although the company was c...
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Audi's Infotainment System Right off the bat, we were introduced to Audi's Multi Media Interface (MMI) touch with handwriting recognition technology. This requires a bit of explanation, so sit tight. Tucked beneath a wood trim flap is a seven-inch LCD display th...
Music Features And A $6300 Audio Upgrade Package Audi takes an interesting approach to I/O in the A8L. There is no USB or auxiliary input. And normally, this is where we'd start complaining about a lack of connectivity. But Audi gives us a suitable alternative in the form of SD card sl...
Navigation, Audi connect, And Phone Connectivity Audi’s MMI Navigation plus with MMI touch offers good-looking maps and an intuitive user interface. You get 3D cartography with elevation data and three-dimensional buildings in major cities. Given the number of flat, 2D solutions we've ...
Audi's Gauge Cluster LCD And Night Vision Assistant Audi employs traditional analog gauges with an LCD sandwiched in between. I consider this to be my ideal cluster arrangement. The analog gauges look great and respond quickly to the A8L’s powertrain. Meanwhile, the LCD serves as a multi-...
Rear-Seat Amenities The back seat of Audi's A8L is a very comfortable place to be. Our test vehicle came with the Executive Rear Seating Package, which equips your passengers with more bells and whistles than you get as the driver. Gone is the familiar benc...
Driving Aids, LED Lights, And Camera Assistance In addition to all of the luxury inside of Audi's A8L, our test car also came equipped with the Driver Assistance package that includes adaptive cruise control with stop & go, side assist, lane assist, and pre sense plus technologies. Th...
Audi's 4.0 L Powertrain With Quattro Propelling the A8L from 0-60 in a mere 4.2-seconds (according to Motor Trend's tests) is a 4.0 L V8 engine rated for 420 hp. It makes 444 lb-ft of torque at a very low 1500 RPM and sends the nearly two-ton A8L down the quarter-mile in 12...
Results: Benchmarking Audi MMI So much of what we do at Tom's Hardware centers on benchmark results. As such, we've developed a test suite that covers some of the tasks and processes that are important to a driver using his car's technology package. The tasks we measu...
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In Pictures: The Automotive Technology We Saw At CES 2014
Jan 17, 2014 - in Articles > Automotive
Nvidia Tegra K1 VCM Nvidia’s big news for CES was its Tegra K1, based on the Kepler graphics architecture. While we expect tablets and other large form factors based on this latest SoC, the company was also talking about its Tegra K1-based Visual
Nvidia Tegra K1 LCD Gauge Cluster We’re typically not fans of LCD gauge clusters, since they tend to lack visual depth. This is something Nvidia is trying to address; the Kepler-based graphics engine in Tegra K1 facilitates increased material realism and faster
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On The Road To Sin City Convention Center's North Hall with companies like QNX, Qualcomm, and Nvidia. Join us as we explore the latest automotive technologies that caught our attention during CES 2014.
Next-Gen Audi TT Interior Preview After many years of Audi and Nvidia talking about their work together, we'll finally see an Audi vehicle with Tegra inside when the next-gen A3 and S3 start shipping. But the platform will only employ Tegra 2! We were understandably
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Best Of CES 2014: Tom's Hardware Recognizes 12 Products
Jan 10, 2014 - in Articles > Storage
Mobile Platform: Nvidia Tegra K1 Nvidia's big announcement at CES was its Tegra K1 SoC. The company didn't want to call this part Tegra 5, believing that the shift to a desktop-class graphics architecture is important enough to warrant a departure from previous
Monitor/Display: Asus ROG Swift PG278Q There's a new game-changing technology in town, and it's Nvidia's G-Sync. Asus backed this technology with real hardware right at launch, and at CES the company rolled out a follow-up in its ROG Swift PG278Q. This is a 27-inch display
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2013 Lexus LS600h L: Plenty of Tech, but Short on Value
Jul 18, 2014 - in Articles > Automotive
We spent a week with Lexus' flagship hybrid executive sedan to judge its infotainment system and amenities. Do the Japanese have what it takes to tackle compelling German competition, or has the company lost its way? Join us as we look a...
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In Pictures: The Automotive Technologies We Saw At CES 2013
Jan 17, 2013 - in Articles > Events
Nvidia: Next-Generation Center Stack Nvidia also had a faux center stack on display to show off the potential of Tegra. Unlike the bland aesthetics common to most user interfaces, Nvidia's Tegra reference platform has a very distinct look (one that we wouldn’t mind
Nvidia: Audi S7 With Tegra Audi is one of the vendors with Tegra powering some of its production vehicles, and Nvidia proudly displayed as much with a stunning S7 at its booth. The vehicle employs Tegra 3 for its Google Maps-based navigation. The new MIB
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Nvidia: Next-Generation Gauge Clusters Nvidia had swath of its booth dedicated to Tegra-based automotive efforts, next to the Project Shield display. This particular exhibit shows off one potential customized 3D-rendered gauge cluster an automotive manufacturer could use
Nvidia: Visual Computing Module One of the benefits of integrating Tegra into a vehicle is what Nvidia calls its visual computing module. The VCM is a self-contained module that allows manufacturers to design an infotainment system based on the current-gen SoC
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2014 Mazda5 Sport: Say Hello To Tom's Hardware's Project Car
Jun 13, 2014 - in Articles > Automotive
We love reviewing the latest and greatest automotive technology. But when the factory toys don't evolve fast enough, we turn to the aftermarket. A new 2014 Mazda5 will serve as our platform for testing third-party technology moving forward.
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Audi Integrates TI Jacinto 5 Processor in Next Car Interfaces
Dec 12, 2012 - in Articles > CPUs
infotainment in our latest vehicles." Audi declined to comment on the availability of the Jacinto 5 in its cars, and did not comment on reports that the company may have dropped Nvidia's Tegra 3 chip as underlying hardware for its infotainment
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The 10 Best And 10 Worst Automotive Technologies
Apr 25, 2014 - in Articles > Automotive
Audi MMI Touch With Handwriting Recogonition We loved Audi MMI with handwriting recognition so much that we gave the A8L our Elite Award in 2014 Audi A8L: Nvidia Graphics, Wi-Fi, LED Lights, And Google Earth. The company does a great job combining interior ergonomics, control
Complete LCD Gauge Clusters . LCD gauge clusters look great when Nvidia is demonstrating its Tegra K1-powered development board. But they're difficult to pull off well in practice. We're going to see a lot more of this technology in the future. For now, though, a number
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Bentley Continental GT V8: Some Cool Tech, And Loads Of Class
Feb 14, 2014 - in Articles > Automotive
Rather than flying into Vegas for CES last month, we drove. In Bentley's Continental GT V8. After a week of sprints on the highway and cruising The Strip, we figured out what makes this decadent land yacht tick. What goodies can you expe...
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SYNC With MyFord Touch: Automotive Infotainment For All
May 30, 2012 - in Articles > USB
Tom's Hardware Ventures Into Automotive Technology with its reliance on OnStar, or Audi's upcoming Nvidia Tegra-powered systems. The best part about the booming infotainment space is that the systems aren't limited to high-end luxury cars and showy SUVs rolling on 22-inch wheels. They're often
SYNC: Powered By Freescale's i.MX516 . Although it's not as powerful as Nvidia's Tegra 3 or the latest multi-core PowerVR SGX-based design, Qualcomm's Adreno 200 doesn't need to handle ultra-high resolutions or 3D gaming. Instead, it's fast enough to render 3D maps, which is really
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