The NVIDIA ION chipset bundles a low power Intel Atom processor with high performance NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. The end result is that you can watch HD video or play some modern video games on a notebook or low power desktop without greatly sacrificing battery life or portability. NVIDIA was already showing off the chipset […]
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FTC sues Intel in antitrust case
Hot on the heels of a $1.25 billion settlement with AMD over anti-competitive practices, Intel is facing another lawsuit. This time, it’s the Federal Trade Commission, which a suit today that aims to change the way Intel does business. At issue are block pricing deals and other practices that the FTC says are anti-competitive. Intel […]
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Acer reportedly planning a laptop with NVIDIA ION 2
According to a report from DigiTimes, Acer has placed orders with NVIDIA for the company’s upcoming ION 2 platform. The current NVIDIA ION platform consists of a low power Intel Atom N270 or N280 processor and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. It’s not entirely clear how ION 2 will work, since it’s designed to work with […]
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Asus UL30VT with discrete graphics now shipping
The Asus UL30VT is a 13.3 inch thin and light laptop with switchable graphics. That means you can either use the integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics chipset when battery life matters more than performance. But you can turn on the NVIDIA G210 discrete graphics processor with 512MB of DDR memory when you need a boost for […]
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Samsung N510-4B with NVidia Ion now on sale at $599
Yet another Ion-powered netbook is now on sale – this time it’s Samsung’s N510-4B and Newegg.com has it listed at $599.99. It’s a solid performer, but what are you getting for just South of $600? Intel Atom N280 at 1.66GHz 2GB DDR2 memory 250GB SATA-II hard drive 802.11 b/g/n wireless Bluetooth 2.1 1.3 megapixel webcam […]
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NVIDIA is giving away a dozen ION powered mini-laptops
NVIDIA is running a contest through November 22nd where you can enter to win a custom HP Mini 311 laptop, and HP external Blu-Ray drive, an HDMI cable, a laptop case, and a boatload of software including the games The Sims 3, Portal, and Left 4 Dead, which will presumably run on the HP Mini […]
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It’s official, Adobe Flash 10.1 to support NVIDIA GPUs, a whole slew of smartphones
Adobe has finally gotten around to announcing one of the worst-kept secrets in the mobile computing space: The next version of Adobe Flash will take advantage of GPU acceleration features to enable HD video playback on low power computers with NVIDIA ION graphics. This means if you’ve got a machine like the Acer AspireRevo desktop […]
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NVIDIA and Adobe demo HD Flash with NVIDIA ION GPU acceleration
Just in case you had any doubt that NVIDIA and Adobe were preparing to announce a new version of Adobe Flash with GPU acceleration soon, representatives from the two companies showed off an HP Mini 311 laptop with NVIDIA ION graphics playing HD Flash video at the NVIDIA GPU conference in San Jose yesterday. You […]
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NVIDIA and Adobe to support hardware acceleration for HD Flash video
Netbooks with Intel Atom processors generally have enough power to handle 720p video playback. And if they have 1024 x 600 pixel or lower resolution screens, they can handle standard definition and some high quality Flash video playback in full screen mode. But there are two things that no netbook I’ve used to date have […]
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NVIDIA to release its own Tegra powered mini-laptop
Update: Wired checked in with NVIDIA’s PR director, who denies that the company has any plans to release its own Tegra powered netbook. Graphics chip maker NVIDIA typically makes PC components which it sells to computer makers or the general public. But Pocket Lint is reporting that NVIDIA plans to release its own netbook/smartbook powered […]