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Ultra-thin IdeaPad S10-3 and NVIDIA Ion nettop from Lenovo

Published on: 20th April, 2010

Lenovo has added two new Atom-based computers to its mix, bringing new technology, the IdeaPad S10-3 and the C200 nettop. The IdeaPad S10-3 is about 0.63 inches thick, one of the thinnest netbooks, and uses the same design techniques as the ThinkPad Edge. It has similar rounded chiclet keys and a trackpad running the lip, [...]

NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 480 considered the fastest graphics in the world

Published on: 7th April, 2010

NVIDIA at PAX East has released its first video chipsets based on the Fermi architecture. The top-end chipset of the series is the GeForce GTX 480 that is believed to be the fastest graphics processing unit in the world. It has 480 visual processing cores, 16 geometry units and also four raster units. All these [...]

ASUS launches a Core i5-based business notebook with Optimus technology

Published on: 18th March, 2010

ASUS has presented a large series of products at CeBIT in Germany. Among them, the PL30JT business notebook, which relies on a 1.06GHz Intel Core i5 processor, the GeForce 310M graphics chipset from NVIDIA with 1GB of memory and the integrated GMA HD graphics processor from Intel. The operation of the latter two components is [...]

Short supply and high price for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480?

Published on: 2nd March, 2010

As a source from within the graphics field says, NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 470 and 480 would only be available in short supply and would have very high prices. A launch was promised on March 26th at PAX East, but it seems that boards based on the new architecture would not sell any ATI-branded graphics and [...]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX470 and GTX480 to be launched in March

Published on: 25th February, 2010

As shown in a Twitter post, NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX480 and GTX470 graphics cards will be officially launched in March, during the PAX East gaming conference. The two new GPUs will be the first to use NVIDIA’s Fermi architecture. It seems that the company’s new technology will help improve graphics performance and support expansion for various [...]

NVIDIA Ion video acceleration for Chromium OS

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

Chromium, Chrome’s OS open-source variant, has recently received the first GPU acceleration through Flow, the custom version. The new variant benefits from hardware acceleration through an NVIDIA Ion chipset and it is very possible that it will also get basic support and added performance in some areas which is able to use the faster-than-usual graphics. [...]

NVIDIA Optimus dual graphics to equip MacBook Pro?

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

An upcoming series of MacBook Pros is expected to use NVIDIA’s Optimus dual graphics, to get around a missing faster integrated chipset, according to a leak. Apple portables could run on energy-efficient but at the same time slow graphics from Intel in order to save battery life, but could switch to dedicated graphics when powered [...]

The first Ion 2 netbook: Acer’s Aspire One

Published on: 18th February, 2010

Acer is planning to release the first netbook to use NVIDIA’s Ion 2, despite the current phone focus. Aspire One 532g is intended to upgrade the 532h with a GeForce G 310M, which provides full 1080p video and hardware-accelerated 3D, as well as less power consumption. Intel’s building graphics are overcome into the processor by [...]

NVIDIA: External notebook graphics may be a solution

Published on: 13th February, 2010

NVIDIA seems to plan the introduction of the company’s first external graphics for notebooks, according to one of NVIDIA’s executives. According to one of the latest Xbitlabs reports, Rene Haas, general manager at NVIDIA notebook GPU division, claims that this would be a perfect opportunity on this type of market. The device will probably come [...]

ASUS Eee Top sporting NVIDIA Ion 2?

Published on: 19th January, 2010

A major redesign of the Eee Top is what ASUS plans, in order to make it one of the first using NVIDIA’s Ion 2 chipset systems. The new all-in-one Eee Top ET2010PNT would use the new graphics, also known as the GeForce G310. According to rumours, it would be a dedicated part of the new [...]

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