SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - November 18, 2009) - ASUS, one of the world's leading PC OEMs
and pioneer of the netbook category, has adopted award-winning
NVIDIA® ION™
graphics for many of its top-selling "Eee" netbooks and nettop PCs.
NVIDIA (
NASDAQ:
NVDA) ION graphics processors transform low-power PCs into
versatile media and entertainment centers that support stutter-free HD
video, games and video editing. ION delivers up to 10x faster graphics
performance than comparable systems with Intel integrated graphics.
All of the NVIDIA ION-based PCs and motherboards from ASUS fully support
Windows 7, which takes advantage of graphics processors to accelerate a
variety of applications, freeing the CPU to handle other tasks.
The new ASUS products include:
- ASUS Eee PC 1201N: An incredibly fast netbook that combines
NVIDIA ION graphics with a dual-core CPU to deliver a superior multimedia
experience.
- ASUS EeeTop PC ET2002T: A stylish all-in-one PC featuring a
20-inch Touchscreen display and built-in DVD drive.
- ASUS EeeBox PC EB1012: The latest version of ASUS's pioneering
nettop delivers an incredible media experience with support for HD video,
HDMI, and casual gaming.
- ASUS EeeBox PC EB1501: A full PC experience with built-in DVD
burner, up to 4GB of memory, wireless connectivity and Windows 7 Home
Premium.
- ASUS AT3N7A-I: A mini-ITX motherboard that is ideal for building
a media center, small form factor desktop, or home theater PC.
Jeff Fisher, senior vice president of the GeForce and ION business units at
NVIDIA said, "ASUS has energized an entire line of netbooks and nettops
with our NVIDIA ION GPU. High definition media, great gaming, and Windows 7
-- with these PCs consumers can truly have it all."
"Our new ION-powered Eee PCs will redefine netbook and nettop performance,"
said Jerry Shen, CEO of ASUSTeK Computer Inc. "They deliver an outstanding
HD experience that isn't possible with today's basic integrated graphics."
Jon Peddie, an industry analyst who specializes in graphics research, said,
"ASUS is a leader in small form factor PCs, and this step shows that they
are aware of the importance of great graphics, even for netbooks and
nettops. These PCs will run circles around most Atom-based systems, so they
are an excellent solution."
ION graphics deliver a premium experience in small, low-powered PCs with
support for:
- All versions of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7
- Outstanding HD video including 1080p and Blu-ray*
- Smooth streaming video with the upcoming Flash Player 10.1
- Digital connectivity to an external monitor via HDMI
- Mainstream games including Spore, The Sims, UP, and LEGO games
- Hardware acceleration for NVIDIA® CUDA™ architecture-based
applications such as vReveal, Badaboom, Arcsoft Total Media Theater, and
Super LoiLoscope
- 24-bit 8-channel LPCM uncompressed audio through HDMI
For more information about the new ASUS products, please go to:
www.asus.com.
* Blu-ray movies require a Blu-ray disc player.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (
NASDAQ:
NVDA) awakened the world to the power of computer graphics
when it invented the graphics processing unit (GPU) in 1999. Since then,
it has consistently set new standards in visual computing with
breathtaking, interactive graphics available on devices ranging from
portable media players to notebooks to workstations. NVIDIA's expertise in
programmable GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel processing which
make supercomputing inexpensive and widely accessible. Fortune magazine has
ranked NVIDIA #1 in innovation in the semiconductor industry for two years
in a row. For more information, see
www.nvidia.com.
Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to,
statements as to: the benefits, features, performance and capabilities of
NVIDIA ION graphics processors and their impact on Eee series PCs; are
forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that
could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include:
development of more efficient or faster technology; design, manufacturing
or software defects; the impact of technological development and
competition; changes in consumer preferences and demands; customer adoption
of different standards or our competitor's products; changes in industry
standards and interfaces; unexpected loss of performance of our products or
technologies when integrated into systems as well as other factors detailed
from time to time in the reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and
Exchange Commission including its Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended
July 26, 2009. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on our
website and are available from NVIDIA without charge. These forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of
the date hereof, and, except as required by law, NVIDIA disclaims any
obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future
events or circumstances.
© 2009 NVIDIA Corporation. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, CUDA, and ION are
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S.
and other countries. Other company and product names may be trademarks of
the respective companies with which they are associated.
Contact Information: For more information, contact:
Ken Brown
NVIDIA Corporation
(408) 486-2626
kebrown@nvidia.com
