Nvidia is doing everything it can to secure its position as the leading smartphone chip-maker,announcing yesterdaythat its processor roadmap that will ensure it releases its new quad-core processor months before its competition. Project Kal-El is the codename for Nvidia’s new mobile quad-core processor – the first of its kind – that is the next generation Tegra processor. The Nvidia team showcased Kal-El’s abilities (it doesn’t appear to be susceptible to Kryptonite) at its event at Mobile World Congress, demonstrating an Android tablet that was powered by the new processor....

If you’re anything like me, you’ll loveNvidia’s new Canvas AI. It turns your shaky strokes into beautiful landscapes. The company has released this new app for Windows users that lets you paint a picture like you’re using MS Paint, and then use AI to convert that into a more realistic-looking frame. [Read:Why entrepreneurship in emerging markets matters] There are some advanced options that you could specify to customize the landscape. First, you can pick materials like grass, rock, snow, or clouds to draw before you put your cursor to the canvas....

A recent keynote address by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang conference has provoked some wild reactions. A companyblog postconvinced many observers that the entire presentation was computer-generated. Nvidia has now updated the blog post to clarify that the CGI Huang spoke for only 14 seconds of the 108-minute keynote. The difference between the fake and real parts is pretty clear to my eyes. You can judge it for yourself by watching the video below....

Stock photos are the bane of many marketers and designers. The heavyweight image providers are prohibitively pricey, while the affordable ones could lead toa concerned call from HR. At TNW Towers, we smoothly circumvent these barriers by creating custom masterpieces — like these glorious pictures ofMark Zuckerberg: Sadly, not everyone is blessed with such virtuosity — including yours truly. Just check out the monstrosity I made atop this article. Thankfully,AIcould soon conceal our artistic ineptitudes, by enabling photorealistic image generation....

Nvidia seems on to a winner with its Tegra line of processors, it’s being used to power the world’s first dual-core smartphones and will be included in a lot of Android smartphone and tablet devices we expect to see this year. Over the weekend,TechEyewas sent Nvidia’s presentation slides that were going to be used on-stage at February’s Mobile World Congress. One of the slides highlighted a new release from the company – its new Tegra 2 3D processor, a chip we can expect to see powering many 3D-capable devices in 2011....