Nexus 8 Rumour: HTC Tablet With an NVIDIA Tegra K1?

How the rumour built up

Earlier in the year, reports mentioned Google’s plans for the tablet market, and the Nexus 10 had been out of stock for a long time. In March, reports of an HTC-made Nexus 8 appeared. Later that month the words flounder and HTC showed up in the Chromium source code, which made such a device more believable.

What the AOSP notes showed

According to Myce, AOSP patch notes confirmed a device named flounder with a Tegra-based chip. The Tegra K1, announced at CES, was the likely candidate, and it had been mentioned in Android code before.

The 32-bit or 64-bit question

The code mentioned both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, so it was unclear which one the tablet would use. A 64-bit chip would be Google’s first step into 64-bit Android. If the HTC report was right, it would also be HTC’s first 64-bit Android device.

What was unknown

• Whether the tablet would ever be released.
• The final chip version and specifications.
• Any price or release date.

The outcome is not covered in the original text, so no result is claimed here.