Nah, it's just “mpeg2 pci card” all over again. What is different this time is that, technically, those accelerators aren't really needed now, but since Intel does so piss-poor job with its chipsets…

PS. Amiga was more about tight integration between its many coprocessors, not simply their presence per se.

But since this is Broadcom, you can bet the driver is a closed source blob.

I see. This probably explains why I couldn't get my Lenovo 3000's Broadcom wifi adapter to work when I installed Ubuntu on it. Being a closed source blob wouldn't encourage people to work on Linux drivers for it.

Everun note .. also one of the most powerful though..dual core 1.2Ghz AMD processor (ALU performance approx double atom 1.6Ghz single core in crystalmark) and it also has ATI x1200 .. 128MB .. I have one, and it runs 720p video easily using kmplayer and coreAVC codec.. can get away with 1080p if you use the correct settings (but it works simply because it is scaling down what it actually renders.. so it means you can play 1080p files on the 1024×600 screen.. but you wouldnt be able to output them at that even if VGA could carry the signal). You can however output perfect 720p via VGA, which is mighty impressive for a 7″ device. Runs vista and windows 7 with Aero on, even with dreamscene running – no issues, impressive performance. I dont know how atom has been such a success, when a tiny korean company can knock up a spec out of nowhere that pisses all over every netbook around for a resonable price. A true 'UMPC'.

Interesting.