It looks like the first devices built around NVIDIA’s new ION platform are expected to launch by June. The ION platform bundles an Intel Atom CPU with an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GPU to offer enhanced graphics performance for low powered computers. In other words, you should be able to watch 1080p videos, and perform graphics […]
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NVIDIA: Cheap laptops will cannibalize mid-priced laptop sales
There’s no question that cheap, low power computers (and computer chips) are selling like hotcakes. And while the profit margins on these devices are certainly lower than the margins on high end gaming rigs, computer makers have to be happy that anything is selling well during the recession. Well, maybe not happy exactly. Graphics chip […]
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NVIDIA Ion prototype reviewed
NVIDIA’s new Ion platform pairs an NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GPU with an Intel Atom processor to offer a dramatic boost in graphics performance over the integrated graphics that Intel offers in its chipset. The Intel Atom processor is a popular choice among netbook makers, and while no mini-laptops offer the Ion platform as an alternative […]
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NVIDIA CEO: Netbooks are just crippled computers
I think if you ask most of the people who read this blog regularly, they’ll tell you that a netbook is a small, light, and low cost computer. But companies that make a lot of money by selling state of the art computer components have a tendency to say that netbooks don’t work very well […]
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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 says there’s nothing wrong with NVIDIA’s ION platform
Right, so apparently Intel is not putting and end to NVIDIA’s plans to bundle a GeForce 9400M GPU with the Intel Atom CPU and sell the chipset to netbook and laptop makers. The other day DigiTimes reported that Intel refused to sell the Atom processor separately from the Intel 945GSE and 945GC chipsets, which would […]
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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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NVIDIA unveils ION graphics platform for netbooks
NVIDIA has unveiled a new netbook platform that combines an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GPU with an Intel Atom CPU to dramatically boost graphics performance on low power machines like netbooks and nettops. We first heard that NVIDIA was working on something like this a week and a half ago, and now the company says machines […]