NVIDIA showcases VIA's Nano platform

by Tarinder Sandhu on 3 June 2008, 19:50

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With Intel making considerable noise about its Atom processor and the multitude of uses that it can be put to, NVIDIA's been making waves of its own, announcing the tie-up with VIA, relating to providing GPUs for its chipset business.

Now, with VIA announcing the all-new Nano processor, a not-so-veiled attempt to beat Intel's Atom, NVIDIA has jumped right in and showcased a Nano-supporting motherboard playing ball with its GeForce 8500 GT discrete card.

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We expect to see NVIDIA provide integrated graphics for the Nano in due course. Quite possibly, we could see Nano-powered notebooks, hosted by NVIDIA's mobile IGP, soon enough, and that would give Intel's dream of netbook dominance a healthy kick up the posterior.

Nano and NVIDIA mobile IGP, Atom and Intel IGP, or AMD Turion Ultra X2 and M780G? Which do you prefer, folks?

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Posted by ionicle - Tue 03 Jun 2008 20:18
anything that gives intel a swift kick up the A** is a good thing :)

and its about time VIA got their company into gear and started producing somthing a tad more poweful :)
Posted by Methanoid - Wed 04 Jun 2008 11:30
“Nano and NVIDIA mobile IGP, Atom and Intel IGP, or AMD Turion Ultra X2 and M780G? Which do you prefer, folks?”

I want Atom and Poulsbo chipset…. ideal for HTPC or for “eee-style” netbook or Tegra.. but VIA (cough spit cough)…No!