Nvidia’s Ion chipset solution has similar Gained traction as when Intel enters the new NetBook market with its relatively old chip-set pairing that does not seems to be able to satisfy consumers’ requirement especially HD (High Definition) video decode capability. In order to continue its momentum, the famous discrete graphics card maker has planned to get its next generation chipset Ion into consumer space, opening up more opportunities pairing processors by end of this year.
Ion Unlike NVIDIA’s chipset that being limited to certain processor series, the new Ion 2 chipset is expected to be relatively compatible with older Pentium, Celeron, Core 2 architecture besides VIA Nano processors. This is definitely good news to OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) or board makers that intend to put graphics capability as one of the selling points for both targeted netbook notebook as well as utilizing Culver (Consumer Ultra Low Voltage) processors. As expected, based Nehalem architecture such as Core i3, i5 Gold i7 is not in the media lists due to the chipset licensing dispute between Intel and NVIDIA.

No detailed information on Ion 2 architecture yet but initial specifications leak disclosed that it could potentially be built on 40-nm process technology which possibly boost up the whole performance while able to shrink down the foot print and reduce the power consumption significantly. Theoretically, it can offer twice as much of shadier effects at 32 suitable for any graphics centric applications as compared to its predecessor.