Good news, everyone! ION 2 has been officially announced for a 2009 release. ION 2 will still have support for Intel Atom and VIA Nano processors as well as other similar processors. Newer mobile processors with DMI chipsets like the Arrandale Core i5 will not be supported by ION 2. No exact release date yet, [...]

We have heard about Adobe working on a new version of Flash that would take advantage of NVIDIA’s CUDA technology, but now it has officially been announced. This means that low power computers that use an NVIDIA graphics processor can enjoy smooth HD Flash video playback while at the same time reducing the load on [...]

In a recent article published on Overclockers Club, a cloudy future is predicted for the ION platform.
By launching the new Pine Trail Atom platform, some can consider Intel as preparing its “attack” on Nvidia’s platform. Unlike the architecture used until now (with three chips: a CPU for the number crunching, a GMA950 northbridge/GPU for the graphics and [...]

As of right now all ION chips are manufactured with a 55nm process, but that should change by the end of 2009. A smaller manufacturing process means that the chip can be made smaller and also produce less heat than older larger chips. We can also expect to see a slight performance increase as well [...]

MAINGEAR has just released info regarding its green gaming PC dubbed the Pulse. The Pulse is a highly upgradable desktop PC that uses NVIDIA’s ION chipset. Unlike most ION systems we have seen so far, the Pulse has the option to use upgraded graphics cards and not the GeForce 9400. Also, Maingear gives you the ability to use a desktop class CPU like Intel’s Core 2 series. An interesting strategy to market something “Green” to the gaming community who are not traditionally eco-friendly when it comes to their gaming rigs. The Pulse is now on sale starting at $799, so head on over to Maingear to check it out.

Even more trouble for NVIDIA coming from Intel today regarding Intel’s announcement of the Pine Trail platform. The juggernaut chip-maker Intel has decided to outsource the graphics processing for Pine Trail to Broadcom. Folks are saying that the chip Intel will be using is the Broadcom BCM70015 which is quite capable of HD decoding. The [...]

Today we have an update to yesterdays announcement of Pine Trail by Intel. Pine Trail is Intel’s next-gen chipset made to accompany the next iteration of Atom processors dubbed Pineview. Intel has clarified that although the Pineview chip already contains its own integrated graphics, it will still be compatible with NVIDIA’s ION chipset and GPU. [...]

Things aren’t looking good for ION today as Intel has confirmed that they do charge more for an Atom processor by itself as apposed to one with Intel’s chipset. Laptopmag recently had a conference call with Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini where he shed some light on the issues regarding Atom prices. Otellini was asked whether [...]

Asus is expected to release a new ION based nettop as a part of its EeeBox line of computers. Previosly, Asus has tried its hand at a home theater nettop capable of HD playback with its EeeBox B206. The B206 packed an Inel Atom processor along with an ATI HD 3450 graphics chip, 1 GB [...]