NVIDIA’s Ion 2 chipset — or “a next era of Ion” as a company clunkily calls it — hasn’t exactly been the secret, though NVIDIA is eventually signing upon a dotted line as well as giving up the deets on the brandnew Intel Atom-compatible graphics chipset. It hasn’t been the tip which Ion 2 uses NVIDIA’s new Optimus GPU switching tech to autom atically toggle between a Pineview chipset’s integrated GMA 3150 as well as the dissimilar NVIDIA Ion GPU, but you can now endorse which both a 16-core Ion chip for desktops as well as eight-core unit for netbooks are formed on the GeForce G210 GPU. Which means Ion 2 should support HDMI out, 1080p Blu-ray as well as Flash playback, Windows 7 Home Reward, and mainstream gaming out of the box. (Take which, Broadcom Clear HD.) As well as distinct Ion numero uno, NVIDIA’s also promising up to 10 hours of battery holdup upon netbooks — interjection to Optimus a complement knows when to close off a discrete GPU when not in makeuseof to save power.
How a bout alittle tangible systems? Whilst a Acer Aspire 532G netbook already popped up during MWC, NVIDIA is earnest 30 some-more Ion netbooks, nettops and all-in-ones prior to a summer. To kick it off, NVIDIA confirmed that ASUS will refurbish the Eee PC 1201PN netbook, Eee Tip 2010P, as well as Eee Box with a new graphics resolution, whilst Lenovo’s C200 as well as Acer’s Aspire Revo will additionally get in upon a action. You got to see the Revo strut alittle Blu-ray playback, so strike a mangle for alittle video footage as well as a full PR.
Subsequent generation NVIDIA Ion products hands-on

Subsequent era NVIDIA Ion press shots

Uncover full PR textNew NVIDIA ION Netbooks Deliver 10x Faster Graphics As well as Up To 10 Hours of Battery Holdup Thanks to Acclaimed NVIDIA Optimus Technology

Acer, ASUS and Lenovo Between Heading Vendors to Deliver Next-generation ION PCs

CEBIT-HANOVER, Germany-March 2, 2010-NVIDIA introduced the Next-generation NVIDIA® ION™ graphics processor currently, that will supercharge netbooks with 10 times a graphics performance of customary netbooks1 and capacitate up to 10 hours of battery life2 interjection to NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology.

The new ION graphics estimate unit (GPU) vas tly outperforms simple netbook graphics by delivering rich HD media in games, cinema, as well as Internet-based video. Distinct netbooks with Intel integrated graphics, ION netbooks have the energy to foolaround extraordinary HD video smoothly from sites like YouTube as well as support renouned PERSONALCOMPUTER games similarto Universe of Warcraft.

The brandnew ION netbooks additionally feature NVIDIA’s highly acclaimed Optimus record, that automatically selects the most appropriate graphics processor for running any since application – seamlessly routing the effort to either an NVIDIA dissimilar GPU or Intel integrated graphics. A outcome is good battery life as well as higher opening when you need it.

More than 30 products featuring a brandnew ION GPU have been approaching to launch by this summer togetherwith netbooks, small form cause desktops, “barebones” systems, motherboards, as well as discrete add-in cards. A Acer Aspire Asingle 532G (10-inch) as well as ASUS 1201PN (12-inch) have been approaching to be the first brandnew ION netbooks to be introduced. Brandnew all-in-one PCs powered by next-generation ION will include a ASUS EeeTop 2010PNT and Lenovo C200. Channel partners togetherwith AOpen, AsRock, Asus, Foxconn, Giada, J&W, Jetway, Pegatron, POV, Convey, and Zotac additionally devise to deliver new ION-based products soon.

Contribution about Next-generation NVIDIA ION graphics: It’s the discrete GPU (graphics processing unit) with dedicated mentalrecall which attaches to an Intel Atom Hunger Route CPU around PCI Demonstrate. It supports streaming HD video upon sites like YouTube HD, and well-spoken gaming opening upon titles similarto World of Warcraft as well as Spore.

ION netbooks feature NVIDIA Optimus record, that automatically assigns estimate chores to a NVIDIA ION GPU or integrated graphics. Optimus powers down a GPU for simple tasks similarto web surfing, further fluctuating battery holdup. When some-more graphics horsepower is indispensable for personification 3D games, using videos, or using GPU discriminate applications, Optimus automatically enables the ION GPU. It will be accessible starting in April with a Acer Aspire Asingle 532G netbook. It accelerates the flourishing list of media-rich applications togetherwith Muvee Exhibit for creation home cinema, Badaboom for media acclimatisation, Total Media Theater as well as PowerDVD 9 for examination HD video or instantly upscaling customary definition video to near-HD quality.

Quotes:
“Most netbooks have lousy opening, thoug h ION altered all which. ION netbooks let you do all of the things people expect fr om the notebook. Now, with Optimus they give we super long battery holdup aswell. It’s a most appropriate of both worlds.”
- Sack Enderle, Presid ent as well as Principal Researcher of a Enderle Organisation, asingle of the many successful technology experts in a world
“With Adobe Peep Player 10.1 await for GPU increase in speed of video, consumers with NVIDIA ION netbooks can enjoy smooth, tall definition video from sites similarto YouTube, Hulu as w ell as millions of alternative web sites. It’s amazing to see perfect 1080p video streaming live from a web upon ION PCs.”
- David Wadhwani, general physicaleducationinstructor as well as clamp boss, Height Business during Adobe
“CyberLink applications have been optimized to run faster on ION netbooks. This makes ION netbooks with CyberLink software incredibly utilitarian multimedia devices. You’ll suffer faster video file acclimatisation with MediaShow Espresso and smooth video playback with PowerDVD upon ION netbooks.”
- Alice H. Chang, CEO of Cyberlink
“ION systems have been the good appro ach to suffer Internet-based video from the PC. ION PCs with Boxee broach perfect party from the tiny, low-powered, and affordable PERSONALCOMPUTER.”
- Avner Ronen, CEO, Boxee
“ASUS recognizes that not all consumers have been satisfied with a simple netbook knowledge. Our Eee PERSONALCOMPUTER with ION graphics lifted a bar for netbook opening, as well as rightaway it’s removing even improved with Optimus. EeePC netbooks with ION graphics are undiluted for users who wish good media capabilities as well as all-day battery holdup.”
- by S.Y. Shian, Clamp Boss as well as General Physicaleducationinstructor of Cover Commercial operation Section, System Commercial operation Organisation , ASUS Corp
“If we wish the netbook with a horsepower to foolaround HD video and PC games, your only preference is ION. A new ION netbooks broach an unbeatable combination of opening as well as battery holdup. You goon to lift the customary for what the netbook should be.”
- Drew Henry, General Manager of GeForce as well as ION GPUs
1 Tested with 3D Symbol 06 regulating a Next-generation NVIDIA ION GPU, Atom N450 CPU, as well as 1GB DDR2 mentalrecall contra Intel GMA 3150 graphics with an Atom N450 as well as 1GB DDR2 memory.
2 Formed on MobileMark 2007 capability mode with the 6-cell battery container. Battery life varies by system, indication, pattern, applications, energy government settings, handling conditions, as well as utilized features.

Links:
Video of the Next-generation NVIDIA ION GPU
NVIDIA ION Channel upon YouTube

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About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) awakened the universe to a power of mechanism graphics when it invented a graphics processing unit (GPU) in 1999. Given afterwards, it has consistently set new standards in visual computing with breathtaking, interactive graphics accessible upon inclination trimming from portable media players to notebooks to workstations. NVIDIA’s imagination in programmable GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel estimate that have supercomputing cheap as well as atlarge accessible. Fortune repository has ranked NVIDIA #1 in innovation in a semiconductor attention for dual years in a quarrel. For some-more report, see www.nvidia.com.