NVIDIA unveils ION graphics platform for netbooks
liliputing.com 12/17/2008 — 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 ...

Nvidia Looks to Combine Graphics, Intel`s Atom Processor for Mini-Notebooks
eweek.com 12/18/2008 — Nvidia is looking to combine its graphics technology and Intel Atom processor into a new type of platform for mini-notebooks and so-called “netbooks.” Nvidia plans to roll out its new “Ion” chip set platform in 2009, which will combine a Nvidia ...

NVIDIA Makes Laptop Graphics Drivers Available Online ... Finally
notebookreview.com 12/19/2008 — 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 ...

Nvidia Ion Supercharges Netbooks With 5X Faster Graphics and Full HD Video [Nvidia Ion]
gizmodo.com 12/17/2008 — Netbooks are pathetically weak machines. So Nvidia is infusing Intel's Atom with its GeForce 9400M to make netbooks suck less . Or at the very least, let you play Call of Duty 4. On a netbook. Nvidia calls its new platform—Atom + GeForce 9400M ...

NVIDIA Now Providing Notebook Graphics Drivers On NVIDIA.COM
nvidia.com 12/19/2008 — SANTA CLARA, CA—DECEMBER 18, 2008—Users with notebooks equipped with NVIDIA

The first Ion-based product is a nettop; to launch before June, says Nvidia
digitimes.com 2/12/2009 — Drew Henry, general manager of MCP business at Nvidia has revealed that the first Ion-based PC product will be a nettop priced at US$299, which will be launched before June this year. Henry would not, however, name the vendor of the system.

NVIDIA, VIA break off netbook plans
electronista.com 11/4/2008 — Graphics specialist NVIDIA and general chip builder VIA have broken off any plans to develop a netbook platform, say sources at the latter company. The corporations had signed a deal in April, which would have seen VIA's C7 and Nano CPUs coupled wit...

NVIDIA Ion Platform for Ultra-Small Computers
ubergizmo.com 12/17/2008 — A few weeks ago, we were the first people outside of NVIDIA to see the Ion platform reference design shown in the above picture. The idea of Ion is to pair a GeForce 9400 M chipset with an Intel Atom processor to build a system that has a great ...

NVIDIA Ion platform: Atom plus GeForce 9400M for full-HD netbooks
slashgear.com 12/17/2008 — NVIDIA have unveiled plans to add extra graphics capabilities to Intel Atom powered netbooks, using a new, full-HD capable chipset. The so-called Ion platform comprises the company’s new GeForce 9400M graphics chipset with Intel’s Atom ...

NVIDIA Ion platform gets tested: promising HD and gaming performance
slashgear.com 2/4/2009 — After talking the big talk last week, NVIDIA are looking to walk the walk this week with preview samples of the NVIDIA Ion reference nettop hitting at least two review sites. Both LaptopMag and PC Perspective have been playing with the Ion platform, ...

Year in review: The rise of the Netbook — CNET News.com 12/18/2008
As consumers clamped down on expenses, it appeared a prescient move that PC makers began touting the smaller, cheaper machines.

Nvidia Ion Platform Expected in Netbooks By June — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 12/18/2008
The GeForce 9400M motherboard graphics chipset delivers 10 times the speed of current Intel-only netbooks, said Nvidia.

NVIDIA GTX 295 Benchmarks Tip Up and Look Suspicious — I4U News 12/18/2008
I talked a bit about the GTX 295 video card rumored to be launching at CEs 2009 in a few weeks. The card is claimed to have dual GPUs like the previous GX2 video cards NVIDIA has marketed. Details were sketchy at the time, and still are. A website ...

NVIDIA Launches Ion Platform for Atom PCs — I4U News 12/18/2008
I am a big fan of netbook computers and small desktop systems based on Intel's Atom processor. I think the Atom and platforms using it offer plenty of performance for your average PC user looking to do nothing more than a bit of word processing, ...

VIA's Trinity Netbook Chips Take On Intel, Nvidia — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 12/18/2008
Manufacturers this year are expected to ship 14 million mini-notebooks, compared with less than one million last year.