We don't often highlight components in T3 but the Tegra 2 is something special. The world’s first dualcore mobile chip with an integrated GPU offers the prospect of greatly improved all-round performance and much more powerful gaming on portable devices.

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Housed inside Honeycomb tablets such as the Motorola XOOM, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Sony’s S1 and S2 tablets, as well as phones like Motorola's Atrix and the LG Optimus 2X, the Tegra 2 brings faster browsing, enhanced multitasking and an overall speedier performance.
 
Ultra-low-power GeForce GPU architecture means you’ll get full-speed 3D gaming, while a 1080p playback processor means watching full HD movies without massively straining the battery.
 
Nvidia is now talking about quadcore processors but for the time being, the Tegra 2 is the power behind many of the tech world's hottest new devices.