slashgear.com - 2/26/2009
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Leaked Acer slides suggest the company is planning a high-end nettop device that would use NVIDIA’s Ion graphics chipset. The Acer Hornet is a small form-factor computer that would use either a dual or single-core Intel Atom processor, together with the 1080p-capable Ion, and be optionally VESA ...
Nvidia drops Intel Atom from Ion 2
bit-tech.net 2/20/2009 — Nvidia's president, Jen-Hsun Huang, says that the Ion 2 will use VIA's Nano processor, rather than Intel's Atom.
NVIDIA Ion platform to support VIA Nano processors this year
engadget.com 2/21/2009 — It's pretty clear NVIDIA already has some big plans for its new nettop / netbook-specific Ion platform , and it looks like its reach is about to get broader still, with company president Jen-Hsun Huang reportedly confirming that the platform will ...
Intel tears apart Nvidia Ion in document
bit-tech.net 2/24/2009 — Intel lambasts Nvidia's Ion, saying that it's based on old technology and that gaming and video transcoding features are irrelevant to netbooks and nettops.
Nvidia responds to Intel’s anti-Ion propaganda
bit-tech.net 2/25/2009 — Nvidia retaliates to Intel's claims about Ion with a presentation of its own, claiming that Ion offers 10x the performance using 55 percent less space than Intel's own Atom chipset
Acer unveils NVIDIA Ion based Wii clone —
DV Hardware
Last year ASUS showed off a concept of Wii-like motion-sensing controls for the Eee PC, and it looks like one of the first NVIDIA Ion based systems from Acer may also mimic Nintendo's popular console. Donanim Haber published some slides of the Acer Hornet, a Ion-based system designed for use in ...
Ion-Based Acer Hornet Nettop Surfaces —
techPowerUp!
Amidst a virtual faceoff between Intel and NVIDIA over what the ideology behind a ULPC should be, NVIDIA's Ion platform gains another taker, the Acer Hornet. NVIDIA's Ion platform consists of a ULV/ULPC processor made by Intel (soon VIA), paired with NVIDIA's MCP79-derived core-logic that ...
Nvidia Pens 13-Page Response to Intel's Ion Claims —
Maximum PC
Once Intel turned its spat personal with Nvidia by slamming the GPU maker's Ion platform, which came after Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang charged Intel with attempting to "stifle innovation to protect a decaying CPU business," which came after Intel sued Nvidia over a Nehalem license, ...
NVIDIA Ion to begrudgingly support Core 2 Duo by Q4? —
Engadget
It's easy to overlook amidst all PowerPoint-fueled fisticuffs but, in addition to slinging rebuttals at Intel and muttering insults under its breath, NVIDIA also appears to have dropped a bit of news about its next-generation Ion platform. While we had already heard that Ion 2 would be ...
NVIDIA Ion 2 ships in Q4 2009 —
DV Hardware
NVIDIA's response to Intel's anti-Ion campaign unveils the Ion 2 platform with VIA Nano processors will arrive in Q4 2009:
NVIDIA Ion 2 ships in Q4 2009 - More news at DV Hardware
NVIDIA responds to Intel's anti-Ion propaganda —
DV Hardware
NVIDIA has created a response to the anti-Ion presentation from Intel that was send to several websites yesterday. Today NVIDIA gave a response:
"We (Nvidia) are currently communicating with our customers to correct the claims Intel made against NVIDIA ION.
We believe that our partners are ...
Intel Makes it Personal with Ion-Slamming Document —
Maximum PC
Forget about a woman scorned - Hell hath no fury like Intel and Nvidia going at each other, both in and out of the courtroom. After being sued by Intel last week over a Nehalem chipset license, Nvidia president and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang responded by saying the suit was "clearly an attempt to ...
Intel tears apart Nvidia Ion in document —
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Now that the competitive scrap between Nvidia and Intel is officially out in the open, Intel has decided to unashamedly dish the dirt on Nvidia's Ion platform. bit-tech has seen a document that Intel is sending out called "Nvidia Ion Competitive Positioning Guide," which details what ...
Report: Intel starts PR offensive against Nvidia's Ion —
The Tech Report: News
After suing Nvidia because of a disagreement over chipset licensing, Intel may have launched a negative PR campaign against Nvidia's Ion platform. The folks at Bit-Tech claim to have laid their eyes on an Intel document entitled, "Nvidia Ion Competitive Positioning Guide," which is reportedly ...
Intel pulls out PR guns to smash NVIDIA Ion platform —
DV Hardware
Bit Tech reports Intel is trying to convince its partners that NVIDIA's Ion platform offers no advantages over Intel's Atom platform. The chip giant is sending out a propaganda document named "NVIDIA Ion Competitive Positioning Guide" to diss the Ion netbook/nettop platform from NVIDIA.
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Intel rips into NVIDIA's Ion platform —
Engadget
Intel and NVIDIA aren't exactly hiding their differences with each other these days, and it doesn't look like that's about to change anytime soon, especially when it comes to NVIDIA's turf-encroaching Ion platform . According to a document apparently now making the rounds in some circles, ...
Nvidia Readying Ion Platform for Via CPUs —
Maximum PC
Nvidia showcased its bantam Ion platform during CES 2009. The Ion platform basically combines Intel’s Atom CPU with the GeForce 9400M GPU. Ion-toting netbooks are expected to be head and shoulders above today’s netbooks - that make a meal of even the simplest graphical tasks - in terms of ...
NVIDIA working on Ion platform based on VIA CPUs —
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NVIDIA has confirmed that it is working on a VIA-based Ion platform, something that was hinted back in March 2008 already. Back then NVIDIA was speaking of a new platform for VIA's Nano processor and the demonstrations that happened last year had systems sporting the GeForce 9400M chipset. In ...
Nvidia Still Interested in Via Technologies’ Processors —
APH Networks
From X-bit Labs: Despite of claims regarding great interest in Intel Atom-based platforms, Nvidia Corp. is still interested to power netbooks based on central processing units designed by Via Technologies. Apparently, the company intends to unveil Via Nano-supporting core-logic and Ion ...
NVIDIA ION 2 supports VIA Nano CPU —
I4U News
NVIDIA apparently has more plans with the ION platform than just supporting Intel Atom CPUs. Digitimes reports that NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang confirmed that NVIDIA will release ION 2 supporting the VIA Nano CPU later in 2009.
The announcements around th...
NVIDIA Ion Platform To Get VIA Nano Support —
Overclockers Club news Feed
NVIDIA's Ion platform has demonstrated that it is possible to get some pretty decent performance figures when paired up with an Intel Atom processor. NVIDIA have now confirmed that the Ion platform will also support VIA's Nano processor by the end of this year. The two companies have been ...
NVIDIA Ion 2 platform will support VIA Nano —
DV Hardware
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang told DigiTimes that his company is working on a next-generation Ion platform that will support the VIA Nano processor. Products based on the first Ion platform should arrive within a couple of months, and the Ion 2 platform is expected later this year.
The two ...
Nvidia confirms "Ion" platform for Via CPUs —
TechSpot
Nvidia may be duking it out with Intel right now, but one company they are apparently on good terms with is Via. CEO Jen-Jsun Huang has recently revealed that Nvidia is working with Via to develop motherboards based around the Ion platform which can make use of Via's Nano processors. The deal, ...
Is This The First Ion-Based Acer Nettop? —
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For some time Nvidia has been telling us that we’d be looking at an Ion based desktop sometime this Spring, but we hadn’t had any reason to believe this given that it has yet to show up in any consumer hardware. That is until recently, when some ...
Nvidia Readying Ion Platform for Via CPUs —
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Nvidia showcased its bantam Ion platform during CES 2009. The Ion platform basically combines Intel’s Atom CPU with the GeForce 9400M GPU. Ion-toting netbooks are expected to be head and shoulders above today’s netbooks - that make a meal of even the ...