Intel Moves To Kill Nvidia’s Supercharged Atom Platform; Puts VIA’s Hi-Def Netbook Solution In The Spotlight

VIA Trinity high-definition netbook platform is a viable alternative to Nvidias ION

VIA's Trinity high-definition netbook platform is a viable alternative to Nvidia's ION

Nvidia’s Atom platform ION might never see the day of light.

Taiwanese publication Digitimes reports today that in a letter to PC manufacturers, Intel reiterated that Atom processors are only available bundled with its antiquated graphics chips.

In retaliation, the Santa Clara, Calif. chip maker could stop supplying hardware vendors with Atom CPUs in case OEMs decide to use Atom with Nvidia’s graphics chips.

Intel’s move is bad for the consumer

This in effect would kill Nvidia’s plans to build a cheap Atom-based high performance netbook. Which will set us back to where we were a year ago and that is bad for the consumer.

Thankfully, there is an alternative. Nvidia told me last week that it is looking to bring its powerful graphics chips to VIA’s Trinity netbook platform which uses its Nano processor instead of Intel’s Atom.

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One Response to “Intel Moves To Kill Nvidia’s Supercharged Atom Platform; Puts VIA’s Hi-Def Netbook Solution In The Spotlight”

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