nVidia ion platform

[Tom Metro]

Jarod Wilson wrote:
> An nVidia ion platform system -- low-power atom processor with nVidia
> graphics that also support gpu-based mpeg2 & h.264 decoding.

I found an article with some photos and videos for the nVidia ion 
platform here:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/12/nvidia-ion-platform-gets-demonstrated-at-ces/

Looks promising. If the price point is good, and they're well supported 
by open source drivers, they should obsolete dedicated set-top-box 
hardware using the semi-supported Sigma Designs MPEG4 decoder chips, 
like the Popcorn Hour[1] or the soon to be released HD version of 
Hauppauge MediaMVP[2][3][4].

1. http://www.popcornhour.com/
2. 
http://www.cnet.de/videos/trends/41001222/hauppauge+mediamvp_hd+hd_fernsehen+live+ueber+wlan+streamen.htm
3. http://www.golem.de/0903/65670.html
4. 
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.golem.de/0903/65670.html&ei=bxWwSY22HNCCtwe618noBQ&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=4&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522mediamvp-hd%2522%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T5GGLL_enUS253US254


  -Tom

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