NVIDIA shows off next-gen Logan mobile SoC with Kepler GPU

NVIDIA showed off Project Logan, their next-generation, CUDA-capable mobile processor. It detailed the Tegra roadmap back in March with Logan and Parker SoCs with Kepler and Maxwell GPUs. The Keplar GPU is built on the same Kepler graphics architecture found in its latest generation of PC GPUs such as Nvidia GeForce Titan. The Logan chip would use a similar 4 + 1 arrangement similar to Tegra 3 andTegra 4 chips and use 4 ARM A15 CPU cores and Kepler GPU with 192 CUDA cores.

It supports all the features of the Kepler GPU including the latest OpenGL 4.4 and DirectX 11 in the Geforce Titan but it uses just 2 watts of power.

The GPU performance of mobile Kepler is three times better than the iPad 4 and even exceeds the performance of the Playstation 3 reveals NVIDIA.

NVIDIA demoed Ira, detailed digital model powered by Project Logan with mobile Kepler GPU that shows great performance and consumes just 2 to 3 watts power. The Logan chip in the development board is connected to a 10.1-inch 1920 x 1200 touchscreen running Android.

The Island demo shows the performance of the Mobile Kepler GPU embedded within next-gen Logan mobile processor.

The Logan SoC with Kepler mobile GPU would give an opportunity for developers to create high-end games and ship them across multiple platforms including tablet, smartphone, Windows, Mac and gaming consoles. The Unreal Engine 4 would offer much better performance compared to the Unreal Engine 3. The NVIDIA Logan is expected to ship in the first half of 2014 according to AnandTech.