NVIDIA Ion 2 GPU Officially Announced
by Sze | Filed under Computer, Laptop
NVIDIA officially announced its next generation Ion 2 graphics processor, like the original Ion, designed for netbooks, nettops and all-in-one PCs. Based on the GeForce G210 GPU, the Ion 1 offers 10 times faster graphics performance than standard netbooks and up to 10 hours of battery life in netbook, according to NVIDIA.
The Ion 2 is capable of HD video playback. It supports NVIDIA’s Optimus technology that automatically switch between the Intel Pine Trail platform’s integrated GMA 3150 graphics and the Ion 2 GPU.
Acer’s 10-inch Aspire One 532G, the 12-inch Asus Eee PC 1201PN netbook and Asus EeeTop 2010PNT and Lenovo C200 all-in-ones are the first devices to get the Ion 2. Some more Ion 2-powered PCs from AOpen, AsRock, Asus, Foxconn, J&W, Pegatron, POV, Shuttle, and Zotac will be released later.
[nvidia]
TweetTags: acer 532G, Acer Aspire One 532G, Aspire One 532G, Asus 1201PN, Asus Eee PC 1201PN, Eee PC 1201PN, GPU, Ion 2, Lenovo C200, Netbook, nvidia, NVIDIA GPU, NVIDIA Ion, NVIDIA Ion 2,
Twitter
[...] is one of the first netbooks to get both Intel’s new Pine Trail Atom N450 processor and NVIDIA’s next-gen Ion 2 graphics chip for Full HD 1080p video playback via HDMI. This new netbook has 1GB of RAM and a [...]
[...] introduces its newest all-in-one desktop PC, the C200 with NVIDIA ION 2 graphics. Powered by Intel Atom D510 dual core processor, the C200 supporting the NVIDIA Optimus technology [...]