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Technology Formerly Known as vSMP Gets a New Stage Name: 4-PLUS-1
BY Michael Rayfield on February 22, 2012 in Corporate, Mobile
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We’ve described Tegra 3’s unique architecture in a number of ways since its launch back in November 2011 – as variable symmetric multiprocessing, as having a “companion core” or as wielding a “ninja core“. The Tegra 3 processor’s 4-PLUS-1 quad-core architecture, visualized Today, we’re officially calling it the 4-PLUS-1 quad-core architecture and trademarking the name. The reason....
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