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A big wow for Android: Nvidia launches its Shield Tablet for hardcore mobile gamers

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Nvidia is launching a major play effort to grab the loyalty of hardcore Android gamers with the launch of its Shield Tablet. Using Nvidia’s own Tegra K1 processor, the 8-inch tablet will have two times to four times the horsepower of other available tablets, according to the world’s biggest stand-alone graphics chip maker.

This is Nvidia’s second Shield device. The first is a handheld streaming console which plays Android games but can also send some PC games from a computer to the Shield device.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.