So, nVidia said on Ion 2, the next generation of ubiquitous discussion platform Ion, which should appear in the next month and probably still make a different name.This platform will be compatible with Pine Trail, platform of Intel, which was recently officially presented, and the first model on the basis of which appear on the market in the first quarter of 2010.

This is good news, since netbooks based on the platform Pine Trail does not provide a significant performance boost over previous-generation platform for Atom-based chip Diamondville, and definitely will not be able to play most videos YouTube HD.

Although nVidia still maintains that the new Ion will improve battery life, the manufacturer has not announced anything regarding the balance between performance Ion 2 and Intel GMA 3150 graphics core, which is built into the processor Atom N450. nVidia also could not resist when the conversation turned on the Intel platform dependence on third-party accelerators for HD video capability. Representatives nVidia believe that users want to run various multimedia applications and games on the netbooks, which can not provide Atom, and they seem to care that Intel calls "reject" Ion. It seems that now manufacturers are fighting for the opportunity to play HD video from YouTube and Hulu on netbooks. Well, at CES to see what they get.