The company Asus, one of the most famous in the world OEM-producers and creator of the category of netbooks, begins to actively use the platform nVidia Ion in their models series Eee.

Graphics processor nVidia Ion allows you to convert low-power device like a netbook or nettop in the universal media center, intended for entertainment and supports smooth HD video playback, many computer games and video editing. Ion delivers up about 10 times greater than the performance of graphics systems with comparable integrated graphics Intel.

All computers and motherboards Asus, made by nVidia Ion, completely supported operating system Windows 7, which make use of the GPU to speed up various applications, releasing the CPU to handle other tasks.

Among the new products Asus includes the following models:

• ASUS Eee PC 1201N: incredibly fast netbook, which graphics nVidia Ion combined with dual-core processor, providing excellent reproduction of multimedia data.

• ASUS EeeTop PC ET2002T: stylish computer type, all-in-one with 20 "touch screen and built-in DVD-drive.

• ASUS EeeBox PC EB1012: the latest version of the innovative nettop Asus offers incredible quality multimedia content with support for HD video, HDMI and popular games.

• ASUS EeeBox PC EB1501: a small device that can provide all the functions of a full-fledged computer, equipped with built contributing DVD-drive, 4GB of RAM, wireless module and the operating system, Windows 7 Home Premium.

• ASUS AT3N7A-I: motherboard format mini-ITX, which is ideal for media center, desktop, small form factor or home theater computer (HTPC).

Jeff Fischer (Jeff Fischer), a department head in the video chip nVidia, said that "Asus energizes the entire line of netbook and nettop with our GPU nVidia Ion. High-Definition Multimedia, wonderful games and Windows 7 ─ with these computers, consumers actually get it all" .

"Our new Eee PC based on the Ion will review the opinion of the performance netbook and nettop", ─ president said Jerry Shen Asus (Jerry Shen). ─ "They offer unsurpassed quality of HD, which was not possible with conventional modern integrated graphics.

Jon Peddie, a well-known analyst who specializes in market research schedules, said that "Asus is the leader in PCs, small form factor, and this step shows that they understand the importance of different schedules, even for netbook and nettop. These computers will exist on the background conventional systems on the platform of Atom, so they are a great solution."

Graphics Ion able to provide support for small low-powered devices following functions and applications:

• All versions of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7
• Outstanding HD-quality video, including 1080p and Blu-Ray
• Smooth playback of streaming video from the upcoming Flash Player 10.1
• Digital connection to an external monitor via HDMI output
• Most popular games, including Spore, The Sims, UP and LEGO
• Hardware acceleration of applications based on the architecture nVidia CUDA? such as vReveal, Badaboom, ArcSoft Total Media Theater and Super LoiLoscope
• 24-bit 8-channel uncompressed LPCM audio via HDMI