A member of Microsoft Ekers Matt (Matt Akers) in the podcast Zune Insider officially confirmed the numerous rumors that the Zune HD player will be established based on the NVIDIA Tegra. Insiders chip praised for the outstanding work and graphics features, and called it a miniature laptop. Tentatively, we are talking about the middle class Tegra 600.

Remember, the new Zune will be equipped with a 3.3 "touch display with a resolution of 480x272, HD radio receiver, a function of output HD video in 720p Standard TV, Wi-Fi and an accelerometer.

Tegra chip has repeatedly called journalists ideal basis for a possible Zune HD. One of the major advantages of solutions from NVIDIA - very low power consumption: about 150 milliwatts when decoding video, and only 20 for playing audio.

Advanced technological support can be a powerful tool for Microsoft in competition for the market «multimedia harvesters». NVIDIA is the opportunity for a long and fruitful partnership with a major customer.