blog.wired.com - 12/18/2008
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Lightweight netbooks are pretty little devices to have around but their wallet-friendly price tag comes at a cost. Netbooks today can do little beyond basic internet surfing. That's set to change, says Nvidia.
The company is planning to launch a CPU-GPU combo that would combine ...
nvidia.com - 12/18/2008
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nvidia.com —
Experience the world’s smallest, premium, visual computing PC.
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9400 transforms traditional Intel Atom-based PC designs...
into a premium experience. Discover affordable new design possibilities that are small in size but big in ...
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engadget.com - 12/23/2008
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engadget.com —
We always loved us that Voodoo-designed HP Blackbird
002 , but it was certainly a behemoth. Now...
it looks like the duo are going for a more realistic size -- and hopefully pricepoint -- with the all-new HP Firebird PC 803 that just fell in our lap, ...
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HP Firebird 803 tower with VoodooDNA leaked!
macrumors.com - 12/19/2008
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macrumors.com —
Configuration files buried within some versions of Mac
OS X show evidence that the next iMac and...
Mac Mini will indeed be based on the NVIDIA MCP79 chipset. Apple recently switched their MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models to the NVIDIA chip...
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Evidence that Next iMacs and Mac Minis to use NVIDIA ...
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Nvidia Ion: A CPU-GPU performance combo
Gizmo Watch —
... score. Even trying to watch YouTube videos can be a trouble. Nvidia is about to change all that with a new platform called Ion.
Ion will be a CPU-GPU combo that will combine the Intel Atom with Nvidia’s GeForce 9400M to take netbooks high on performance, low on heat generation, and still manage to keep battery consumption at present levels. The new platform will of course cost a bit more than the present system, but that may not be a consideration for most buyers.
Via: Wired
Intel Won't Require Graphics Chip Bundle For Atom Processor
Fast Company - Technology —
... [image] Last week Nvidia made some news with its Ion chipset for netbooks, which bundles an Atom processor together with an integrated Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics chip. Machines with this bundle inside would be both cheap and powerful enough to run full HD video media-player functions, as well as Windows Vista and the upcoming Windows 7. But then ...
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