http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/ Engadget Comments for Nvidia schemes to get in on the Atom platform http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/
But Left4Dead? Come on, Nvidia. You know you want to.]]>Dec 17th 2008 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/
....shouldnt nvidia be the guy?]]>Dec 17th 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/I believe he is talking about the picture..]]>Dec 17th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3478]]>Dec 17th 2008 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/
Intel atom + Nvidia 9400m sounds cool though maybe a tad too much.

ION, Atom I see what they did there.]]>Dec 17th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/
Me want!]]>Dec 17th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/
The entire reason that Atom's been tied to their out of date or expensive mobile chipsets is to artifically cripple the platform and try to keep a clear distinction between Atom / Centrino product lines!]]>Dec 17th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/
Well, the N10's an oddity, for sure. I can't imagine it has Intel's official endorsement!

But it does have an Intel chipset, not an nVidia one - exactly the same mdoel as all the rest of the netbooks; Asus have just bodged a discrete nVidia GPU + some RAM onto the side of it somehow.

I say "somehow" because this is something that Intel doesn't want to allow: the 945GSE is supposed to have its PCI express x16 port disabled! Asus have either found a way around this (I can't imagine Intel letting them ship this) or connected it to the much slower PCI express x1 ports on the ICH-7m.

Regardless, it's much more expensive as a combination, as you pointed out, worse featured and lower performance than the nVidia chipset would be, so they probably don't mind too much.

The point here is whether Intel will allow the manufacturers to buy the Atom CPU on its own, allowing them to use the nVidia MCP79 or if they will keep insisting you buy it as a bundle with their chipset.

The manufacturers could always buy them and throw the Intel chipset away or use it for something else, but then I'd expect to see their supplies mysteriously suffering from shortages...

I really hope they do allow this but I think it will be a cold day in hell before they do, especially without any competition in the market from AMD who aren't bothering (hello, guys?!) and VIA who seem unable to ship their Nano in any volume to get any design wins...

I know it sounds stupid, but Intel internally see Atom as one of the biggest threats to their own sales! Why buy a mid-range Centrino laptop if a cheap Atom one will do pretty much everything it can, just with fractionally lower raw CPU performance?]]>Dec 17th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/
Looks like this date isnt going to go anywhere]]>Dec 17th 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/Dec 17th 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/
Intel would never ask such a thing!

We all know he's been trying to factor partners out of the equation entirely; he'll be more than happy to take care of himself!]]>Dec 17th 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/nvidia-schemes-to-get-in-on-the-atom-platform/
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