NVidia has presented its new processor ION

NVidia has presented the new version of its Ion platform intended to accompany the Atom processors of Intel. It is intended for the new Atom processors which like the Core ix also include an integrated video chip.
Quite naturally, NVidia added to the ION the support of its Optimus technology that will allow the integrated video in the Atom to act as long as the required power is not too much. Then, the integrated video of the ION kicks in and would multiply, according to NVidi,a the 3D performances by 10.
The Duo Atom ION then becomes an ideal platform for many ultra portables and multi-media devices, able to decode without problem full HD and even to use Open CL. So for a long time we had thought that Apple would use this pair to update its Apple TV, we have since given up on this dream. The company seems now more inclined to leave it in its present state or more probably to subject it to the 'iPhoniser' and graft onto it in the future the iPhone OS associated with an in-house ARM processor. For them this would certainly be the best way of giving it a second life and also stop the Hackers enjoying this Atom-ION platform.