bit-tech.net - 3/20/2009
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Nvidia's Ion could stretch Intel's limited Atom and make it fast enough to cope with HD playback and basic gaming. Can it actually play a Blu-ray movie? Does a better IGP actually make a difference or is the Atom core just too limiting? Simply: Is it worth Ionising an Atom?
legitreviews.com - 3/20/2009
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legitreviews.com —
Today I have something special for everyone! I've
spent the past couple of weeks playing with one
of the NVIDIA Ion reference platforms and get to bring you my thoughts on this new innovative platform. Read on to see how the NVIDIA Ion does when ...
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NVIDIA Ion - Intel Atom Done Right?
engadget.com - 3/20/2009
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engadget.com —
Intel just got finished telling us how great
its Atom Z5xx series of chips were, in flavors
ranging from 1.1 to 1.86GHz, and how they only needed a miserly 2.2 watts or less of power. They weren't good enough, apparently, as there are two new ...
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Intel's Z5xx series of Atom processors hits 2.0GHz
digitimes.com - 3/17/2009
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digitimes.com —
In light of hot sales of nettop devices,
Intel has adjusted its target shipment ratio of single-core
Atom 230 and dual-core Atom 330 CPUs as a percentages of total processor shipments with nettops and entry-level desktops increasing from 4% and 6%, ...
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Atom processors to account for more than 50% of entry ...
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... and more from netbooks, and that’s where Nvidia hopes its Ion platform will come in. We’ve covered its uncertain journey to the market place for a long while now, from launch to disapproval from Intel through to Microsoft certification and a veritable avalanche of Ion based devices at this year’s Computex and now we’ve finally got our hands on the first example of an Ion based product you can take home and call your own – the Acer Aspire Revo. We’ve already looked extensively at the capabilities and performance of the Ion platform when Tim dismantled Nvidia’s technology ...
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