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First look at Internet Explorer 9 hardware acceleration with next-gen NVIDIA ION

Microsoft launched a platform preview of Internet Explorer 9 recently. It’s not a full browser yet, so much as a framework for a browser. But it already has one of the features I’m most loking forward to: support for hardware acceleration. The folks at NVIDIA grabbed a pre-release Asus Eee PC 1201PN and fired up […]

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So what exactly can you do with the NVIDIA ION platform?

Now that we know Intel isn’t going to block NVIDIA from pairings its grpahics chips with the Intel Atom processor, it’s time to take another look at what kind of performance NVIDIA’s new ION platform really offers. NVIDIA has said the platform will offer 10 times the graphics performance you get from the Intel Atom […]

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Intel to NVIDIA: We don’t want to share chip space

You know how NVIDIA recently announced plans for a platform that would combine the Intel Atom low power CPU with an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GPU to provide enhanced video performance on netbooks and low power notebooks? Yeah, apparently they forgot to run that whole thing by Intel before unveiling the plan publicly. DigiTimes reports that […]

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S3 Graphics announces new low power GPU for netbooks

S3 Graphics, maker of the Chrome graphics chip used in the current generation HP Mini-Note, is launching a new line of GPUs designed for netbooks and low power laptops. The S3 Graphics Chrome 400 ULP series includes support for DirectX 10.1 and high definition media playback. Three different models will be available. The Chrome 430 […]