With 256 graphics cores and the processing power of a supercomputer, Nvidia’s new mobile “super chip” may eventually power everything from driverless cars to robots and drones. Unveiled on Sunday at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, the Tegra X1 is the company’s next-generation mobile chip, bringing twice the performance of its predecessor, the Tegra K1.

The new chip delivers one teraflops of processing power, more than the fastest supercomputer of 15 years ago, but at the size of a thumbnail and a power drain of under 10 watts. In context, those previous supercomputers typically occupied 1600 square feet of space and consumed 500,000 watts of power.

The Tegra X1 will begin appearing in the first half of the year, and will be a key component in Nvidia’s DRIVE PX auto-pilot computer platform. Featured in car computers, the auto-pilot platform, powered by the X1, will enable the processing of video from up to 12 onboard cameras for a “seamless 360-degree view around the car,” according to Nvidia.

“We see a future of autonomous cars, robots and drones that see and learn, with seeming intelligence that is hard to imagine,” said Jen-Hsun Huang,Nvidia  CEO and co-founder, in a news release. “They will make possible safer driving, more secure cities and great conveniences for all of us.”

Nvidia says that major advances in visual and parallel computing in the Maxwell 10th-generation GPU architecture make the Tegra X1 the first mobile processor that can truly rival current game consoles. The chip’s tech specs include: a 256-core Maxwell GPU; 8 CPU cores (4x ARM Cortex A57 + 4x ARM Cortex A53); 60 fps 4K video (H.265, H.264, VP9); and 1.3 gigapixel of camera throughput.