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Samsung Ion Netbook more Details emerge
I4U News —
... . All NVIDIA will offer is a confirmation that the netbook is coming and will be running the NVIDIA Ion platform cramming a 9400M GPU into the netbook chassis. Digitimes reports today that the new Samsung Ion netbook would sport actually a 11.6 inch screen and come in July. The rumor about the 11.6 inch size of the Samsung Ion netbook appeared already in Italy a couple days ago. ...
Intel punish Samsung & Lenovo with pricey Atom over screen transgressions?
SlashGear —
... Intel have reportedly punished Samsung and Lenovo by canceling their preferential Atom chip pricing, after the two companies broke Intel’s netbook restrictions. According to industry sources, Samsung are planning an Atom N-series netbook which uses NVIDIA’s Ion graphics chipset and an 11.6-inch display – likely ...
Report: Lenovo, Samsung lose preferential pricing for Intel Atom CPUs
Liliputing —
... Like Microsoft, which only sells low cost Windows XP licenses to PC makers with netbooks and nettops that meet specific criteria, Intel reportedly has certain restrictions on the way its Atom processor is used. Intel’s restrictions aren’t quite as absolute. Fail to meet the requirements and you can still purchase the processor, you’ll just have to pay more. DigiTimes is reporting that Samsung and Lenovo have both released or announced Atom-based products that don’t fit into Intel’s little box, and as a result, both companies have lost their ...
Samsung has Nvidia Ion netbook plans
CrunchGear —
... If for some reason this netbook gets you going where others haven’t, you will probably be able to pick it up by the end of the month. The rest of us though could care less about this netbook along with all the other underpowered computers even if it’s packing the Nvidia Ion. ...
Samsung, Lenovo lose preferential Atom CPU pricing
TechSpot —
... than 1GB of RAM. Likewise, Intel has its own set of rules, and it seems as if they are not happy with Samsung and Lenovos latest offerings. The company has reportedly punished Samsung and Lenovo by canceling their preferential Atom pricing, after the two companies broke Intels netbook restrictions. Considering both have or are planning to launch Ion-based netbooks, it would seem that Intel attempting to stamp down on Nvidias platform rather than anything else, but according to DigiTimes it has to do with screen size. Lenovo already launched its ...
Samsung breaking Intel’s rules with their new netbook
Gadgetell —
... Hmmm…now is Intel actual doing all this punishing because of screen size or because of the whole competition to Intel’s own low-power graphic chipset that is sometimes used in netbooks, and here the Nvidia Ion was used instead in these machines?
Come on, it’s a netbook. It’s a difference of not even an inch and a half in Samsung’s case. Let’s find bigger things to argue about, kids.
Read: [digitimes]
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Samsung Planning to Launch 11.6-inch Ion-based Netbook
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... According to recent reports, Samsung is planning to launch an 11.6-inch netbook based off of Nvidia’s Ion in July.
The reports haven’t said much, but what is known is that the netbook will be run off of an Intel Atom N-series CPU, and that it’ll break Intel’s previously listed 10.2-inch size limit for netbooks. Intel has since cancelled preferential pricing for Samsung.
No official word yet on exactly what the netbook will be called, or what regions can expect it.
Image Credit: Nvidia
