Nvidia seems to have launched a new ION chipset, the ION LE, meant for entry level products. However, unlike the original ION chipset, this SKU will be reserved specifically to the OEM market and is made to suit the Windows XP OS.
“ION LE is SKU of the ION GPU that is identical to ION, except it only supports DX9. This product is designed specifically for Windows XP on Netbooks and Nettops and we are going to offer LE SKU just for OEM market,“ said Igor Stanek , Product PR Manager EMEA ION/Notebook products.
Fudzilla reckons, the move to introduce a lower version of ION is to decrease the cost Microsoft will charge to OEMs for using DirectX9 as compared to DirectX10.
The products based on this chipset are expected soon.
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