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There was plenty of fanfare surrounding the release of Nvidia's ION platform, a DirectX 10-capable chipset that includes Nvidia's GeForce 9400M (MCP79) GPU coupled with either an Intel Atom or VIA Nano processor. But despite the ongoing buzz, Nvidia has introduced a followup chipset, the ION LE, with nary a peep.
News and rumor site Fudzilla got in touch with Nvidia about the new chipset and was told that ION LE is identical to ION except it only supports DirectX 9. Nvidia said the new SKU is designed specifically for Windows XP on netbooks and nettops and will only be offered to OEM markets.
No other details on the entry-level part are yet available, including which OEMs plan to build products around ION LE and at what price points.
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