nVidia MCP79 to support Atom for netbooks
Comment | Print | Email to a Friend | Font Size: AAIt is looking like Intel is acknowledging the lack of real graphics power behind the current chipsets for the Atom CPU.
According to Digitimes they have contacted nVidia to enable support for the atom on the MCP79. If this is true it will bring a more robust graphics solution to the netbook world.
Read more here.
Nvidia's MCP79 chipset will be the first to support Atom CPUs, however the support will only apply to nettops during the initial period.
Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have said they welcome the partnership between Nvidia and Intel and believe the cooperation would give them more pricing flexibility.
Related Tags
Further Reading: Read and find more Laptops news at our Laptops news index page.
Do you get our news RSS feed? Get It! Got a news tip? Tell Us!