AMD Neo could ‘crush’ Atom says NVIDIA CEO

Huang discussed the Tegra platform - NVIDIA’s HD-capable mobile chipset - and its potential for devices with up to 10-inch displays. These, he suggests, are possible netbook killers, as they could offer a full keyboard and 2-3 days runtime from a single charge. He also expects to see $199 MIDs with full QWERTY keyboards, based on Tegra, that would be able to surf the internet for two days without rejuicing.

Netbooks using NVIDIA’s Ion platform - that couples an Intel Atom CPU with a NVIDIA GPU - have a target price of just $399, and will give customers the “full PC experience” rather than the “inferior” performance of current devices. That’s the opinion of NVIDIA’s plain-talking cofounder, president, and CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, who has been talking with LaptopMag about the proliferation of mobile devices and ultra-low voltage chipsets. According to Huang, today’s netbook is “a low-cost PC that doesn’t work that well” and that is in fact hurting the PC software industry due to its poor support for common applications.