On the software side, the SHIELD Console is running Android TV, Google’s TV-centric branch of the Android operating system. In any case, anchored by the Tegra X1 SoC, the console also packs in 3GB of RAM, 16GB of NAND, 2x2 802.11ac wireless, and a large I/O collection, including USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet, and an HDMI 2.0 port. The underlying SoC and the use of Android TV make it closer to a microconsole, while in terms of physical size and NVIDIA’s performance ambitions are closer to a console. $299 (16GB/WiFi) + $59 (optional controller)įrom a hardware perspective the SHIELD Console itself is built somewhere in between a microconsole and a full-blown console.

Tegra X1 (4x Cortex A57, Maxwell 2 SMM GPU)ĥMP rear camera, 1.4 µm pixels, 1/4' CMOS size. Tegra K1 (2.2 GHz 4x Cortex A15r3, Kepler 1 SMX GPU) In doing so the company is forging a slightly different direction, skipping the mobility plays that were the previous devices and instead focusing on the TV and fixed-position gaming with the SHIELD Console. Having already built a gaming handheld (SHIELD Portable) for Tegra 4 and an 8” tablet (SHIELD Tablet) for Tegra K1, NVIDIA has moved on to the microconsole/set-top box market with the SHIELD Console. Like NVIDIA’s previous SHIELD devices, the SHIELD Console is perhaps first and foremost their showcase device for their Tegra SoC. The first form being Android gaming backed by the console’s Tegra X1 SoC, and the second form via access to NVIDIA’s GRID game streaming service.

Launching in May at $199, the SHIELD Console is a combination microconsole and Android TV box, offering Android TV functionality along with two forms of gaming. Today NVIDIA has announced their latest addition to the SHIELD product family, the SHIELD Console.

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