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Intel denies Nvidia's request to pair Atom and Ion
Even though Nvidia would very much like to get into the netbook action, Intel is not making things easy for them. The recent introduction of its Ion platform, coupled with 9000 series mobile GPUs, has been pitched by Nvidia as a great way to expand the capabilities of Atom and make it more ...
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Intel insists Atom only for Intel chipsets, does not want to share Nvidia's Ion
digitimes.com — Nvidia's recent move to try to extend Intel's Atom ecosystem to its recently announced Ion platform appears... to have been knocked back by Intel, according to a response primarily directed at PC manufacturers as seen by Digitimes. (more) Intel insists Atom only for Intel chipsets, does not ...
NVIDIA Makes Laptop Graphics Drivers Available Online ... Finally
NVIDIA Makes Laptop Graphics Drivers Available Online ... Finally
notebookreview.com — NVIDIA decided to give notebook users an early Christmas present today. It's a present notebook owners have... kept on their wish lists since NVIDIA first started making graphics processing units (GPUs) for notebooks ... downloadable drivers on the ... (more) NVIDIA Makes Laptop Graphics Drivers Available Online ...
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Intel moving to block NVIDIA's entry into netbook market
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Accused of bundling Atom processor and chipset, Intel denies
Ubergizmo — Digitimes started the "drame du jour" by basically accusing Intel of forcing PC makers to use its 945G-series chipsets* with its Atom processor. This comes in a context where chipset rival NVIDIA has announced a single-chip solution, called ION (read our take), that is smaller, has more graphics performance, but roughly the same power consumption and thermal envelope than Intel's offering. According to Digitimes: "in an internal statement distributed to hardware makers recently, Intel reiterated that Atom CPUs for netbooks and nettops are only available bundled with its 945GSE and 945GC chipsets". Intel has ...

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