Intel invent a chipset almost capable of decoding HD

In order to fight against the platform Ion of NVidia for the Atom processors, Intel has launched its new chipset, the GN40. On paper it puts the NVidia chip into the shade since it can also decode videos in 1080p given that the CPU alone is unable to do this task.
But looking more closely, marketing has had a big influence. Indeed, if this chipset is able to decode HD videos, they are not those with high data flow that one finds on of Blu-ray for example, but rather those that one can find on Internet. Obviously, the chip is able to decode the WMV but would be unable with H.264 or VC1.
Indeed Intel appears to make a gift to Nvidia, which is not a big surprise. They have never had the knowledge to produce effective graphics chips, and Larrabbe is still at the project stage for some time to come.