New NVIDIA ION Netbooks Deliver 10x Faster Graphics and Up to 10 Hours of Battery Life Thanks to Acclaimed NVIDIA Optimus Technology
Acer, ASUS and Lenovo Among Leading Vendors to Introduce Next-Generation ION PCs
HANOVER, GERMANY--(Marketwire - March 2, 2010) - CeBIT -- NVIDIA introduced the
Next-generation NVIDIA® ION™ graphics processor today, which will
supercharge netbooks with 10 times the graphics performance of standard
netbooks(1) and enable up to 10 hours of battery life(2) thanks to NVIDIA®
Optimus™ technology.
The new ION graphics processing unit (GPU) vastly outperforms basic netbook
graphics by delivering rich HD media in games, movies, and Internet-based
video. Unlike netbooks with Intel integrated graphics, ION netbooks have
the power to play amazing HD video smoothly from sites like YouTube and
support popular PC games like World of Warcraft.
The new ION netbooks also feature NVIDIA's highly acclaimed Optimus
technology, which automatically selects the best graphics processor for
running any given application -- seamlessly routing the workload to either
an NVIDIA discrete GPU or Intel integrated graphics. The result is great
battery life and superior performance when you need it.
More than 30 products featuring the new ION GPU are expected to launch by
this summer including netbooks, small form factor desktops, "barebones"
systems, motherboards, and discrete add-in cards. The Acer Aspire One 532G
(10-inch) and ASUS 1201PN (12-inch) are expected to be the first new ION
netbooks to be introduced. New all-in-one PCs powered by next-generation
ION will include the ASUS EeeTop 2010PNT and Lenovo C200. Channel partners
including AOpen, AsRock, Asus, Foxconn, Giada, J&W, Jetway, Pegatron, POV,
Shuttle, and Zotac also plan to introduce new ION-based products soon.
Facts about Next-generation NVIDIA ION graphics:
It's a discrete GPU (graphics processing unit) with dedicated memory
that attaches to an Intel Atom Pine Trail CPU via PCI Express.
It supports streaming HD video on sites like YouTube HD, and smooth
gaming performance on titles like World of Warcraft and Spore.
ION netbooks feature NVIDIA Optimus technology, which automatically
assigns processing chores to the NVIDIA ION GPU or integrated graphics.
Optimus powers down the GPU for basic tasks like web surfing, further
extending battery life. When more graphics horsepower is needed for playing
3D games, running videos, or using GPU compute applications, Optimus
automatically enables the ION GPU.
It will be available starting in April with the Acer Aspire One 532G
netbook.
It accelerates a growing list of media-rich applications including
Muvee Reveal for making home movies, Badaboom for media conversion, Total
Media Theater and PowerDVD 9 for watching HD video or instantly upscaling
standard definition video to near-HD quality.