Monday, October 19, 2009

Will vendors choose VIA Nano with Nvidia ION 2?

Netbookchoice is running the rumor mill, conjecturing about the processors that will be supported by Nvidia's upcoming ION 2 platform. Apparently Fudzilla said that ION 2 will support "VIA Nano, Intel ULV & of course Intel Atom". They wonder if this will lead to a wave of VIA Nano + ION 2 netbooks. That sounds kind of nice but there is a bit of an uphill battle with that idea. Intel simply has more marketing muscle and pull with manufacturers, to entice them to buy their own Intel platforms - CPUs and chipsets - for their netbooks. Then again, if it's cheaper and it's got better performance and battery life, manufacturers could be convinced that it will sell more.
It's too early to tell.

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