Underpowered, cramped keyboard, not-so multimedia friendly tags bestowed on netbooks will be a thing of the past. Lenovo has announced its first 12-inch IdeaPad netbook, S12 that also happens to be the first netbook based on Nvidia’s ION platform. For the uninitiated, the ION platform is cooked up together with Intel’s Atom processor and […]
Nvidia claims Intel Atom price as unfair
If the hefty fine and an abusive monopolist tag was not enough for the chip maker, former friend turned foe have accused Intel of unfair pricing. Nvidia’s CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang told Reuters that Intel’s Atom chip pricing is unfair but won’t seek the legal way, at least for now. According to him, Intel uses […]
Computex to see surge in Nvidia ION powered netbooks
If you’ve been following the netbook scene for some time and have a little practical sense, you wouldn’t be surprised to see Nvidia ION powered netbooks coming to the fray. So we were not surprised to hear that this transitional step for netbooks was about to be a reality. A source at Nvidia told […]
Nvidia counters bad Ion claim of Intel
The feud between Nvidia and Intel has been intense over the past and this week. We have seen Intel suing Nvidia, bad mouthing Ion platform while Nvidia was busy seeking new friends for Ion. Now Nvidia has come back again to give a fitting reply to the loose claims made by Intel. It looks […]
Intel propagates Ion is bad movement
Taking legal assistance is not the only thing Intel is doing. They have reportedly released a document titled Nvidia Ion Competitive Position Guide that says against the Ion platform. Intel’s document is presumably released to vendors who are contemplating of selling Ion based systems. The document squabbles that Nvidia’s Ion is derived from MCP79M/NCP7A […]
Nvidia ION 2 will support VIA processor
Nvidia’s relationship with Intel relationship is on the verge of a breakup, but before the GPU maker starts searching for love, they have found it already – in VIA. Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia has confirmed that Nvidia is on the way to produce ION 2 platform that will support Via Technologies’ Nano processor. […]