Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang believes that hardware makers will find a common interest in Android, as it will allow them to unite around a single OS for tablets and smartbooks.

Huang noted that most upcoming tablets will run Android rather than Windows and this is where companies like Nvidia and ARM hope to find a niche.

"Windows is too big and it's too full featured for smartbooks and tablets," claims Huang. "The good news is that we finally have an operating system to unite behind. Android is an operating system that has gained a tremendous amount of momentum all over the world."

He also pointed out that Android is the fastest growing mobile operating system on the globe and that it has surpassed Apple operating systems used on the iPad and iPhone.

Nvidia is already offering its second generation Tegra SoC, which incorporates a dual-core ARM processor and graphics core in a single chip. As of yet, no Tegra 2 products are available, but Huang believes they will go on sale this fall.

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