Nvidia has introduced Tegra 4 with strong performance and battery life to power smartphones and tablets, gaming devices, auto infotainment and navigation systems, and PCs. Tegra 4 also offers graphics processing, with fast web browsing, visuals and new camera capabilities through computational photography.

Previously codenamed Wayne, Tegra 4 features 72 custom Nvidia GeForce GPU cores - or six times the GPU horsepower of Tegra 3 - which deliver strong gaming experiences and higher resolution displays. It includes quad-core application of ARM's most advanced CPU core, the Cortex-A15, which delivers 2.6x faster web browsing and strong performance for apps.

Tegra 4 also enables worldwide 4G LTE voice and data support through an optional chipset, the fifth-generation Nvidia Icera i500 processor. More efficient and 40% the size of conventional modems, i500 delivers four times the processing capability of its predecessor.

Among the Tegra 4 processor's breakthroughs is its Computational Photography Architecture, which automatically delivers high dynamic range (HDR) photos and video by fusing together the processing power of the GPU, CPU and the camera's image-signal processor.

Its HDR capability captures images, including those taken with a flash, the way they are seen by the human eye - with detail in both bright and dark areas.

Designed for maximum energy efficiency, Tegra 4 includes a second-generation battery saver core for low power during standard use, and PRISM 2 Display technology to reduce backlight power while delivering visuals.

Tegra 4 consumes up to 45% less power than its predecessor, Tegra 3, in common use cases. And it enables up to 14 hours of HD video playback on phones.