NVIDIA continues to extend its gaming reach with the launch of the gaming-focused SHIELD Tablet, the latest in a long line of embellishments to its position as a leading supplier of GPUs and SoCs to PCs, laptops, smartphones, mobile games consoles, and tablets. The SHIELD Tablet itself is well specified for its base price point of $299 and with it, NVIDIA seeks to expand a niche segment of gaming tablets much along the lines of the matured PC market. Further insight and analysis on this topic can be found in our published report here: NVIDIA Plays to Gamers with 8-in SHIELD Tablet.