The Asus Transformer 2: aluminium and Kal - El

The transforming of Asus Tablet has had some success, the company already preparing suite: EeePAD Transformer 2, alias TF201.

The transforming of Asus Tablet has had some success, the company already preparing suite: EeePAD Transformer 2, alias TF201. And according to our colleagues, this tablet will propose a hull aluminum like the UX21, the Asus ultrabook. Best used SoC - chip integrates CPU, the GPU, the memory controller, etc. - would be a "Kal - El, the successor of Tegra 2.

Reminder, Kal - El will be a kind of Tegra 2 boosted: 4 cores Cortex A9 (more exactly 4 + 1), a GeForce ULP faster, faster memory controller. Early returns indicate a quite interesting gain between Tegra 2 and Kal - El: it would of 29.2 fps on Tegra 2 to 53 fps on Kal - El with GLBenchmark 720 p test "Egypt offscreen. It's quick, even if the iPad 2 and its GPU oversized remains the reference with 85 fps in the same case and that the Exynos of the Galaxy Samsung S2 reached 42 fps with its 400MP4 Mali.

In the end, Asus should propose a speedy Tablet and especially convince users with one of its big advantages: its detachable physical keyboard.