NVIDIA's moving into the integrated systems market as they announce a
new family of GPU motherboards. The family of motherboards are for the
AMD64 platform and they sound like they'll be a great starting point
when you build an HTPC system. Look for systems with nForce 400 MCPs
and GeForce 6100 GPUs in October from system builders.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
SANTA CLARA, CA—SEPTEMBER 20, 2005—NVIDIA
Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), a worldwide leader in graphics and digital
media processors, today unveiled the Company’s latest core-logic
motherboard solutions—targeted at the integrated computing
markets—combining new NVIDIA nForce™ 400 media and communications
processors (MCPs) with a new line of the Company’s GeForce™6 series
graphics processing units (GPUs).
Developed for AMD64-based computing platforms, the family of NVIDIA
nForce 400 MCPs and GeForce 6100 GPUs provide the world’s leading
motherboard manufacturers, including ASUSTeK, Biostar, Chaintech, DFI,
ECS, Epox, Foxconn, Gigabyte, Jetway, MSI, and Shuttle, with the first
and only GPU motherboard solutions designed to:
- Deliver high-definition video playback and output to high-definition televisions
- Leverage the GeForce6 graphics core that supports both Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and Shader Model 3 (SM3.0) and
- Provide other important digital media functionality, including
secure networking and secure storage, features important to today’s
mainstream users
With the NVIDIA nForce 400 and GeForce 6100 products forming the
technological foundation for the motherboard, global OEMs and system
builders are now able to design affordable, flexible, and innovative
solutions for a variety of PC platforms, including mainstream offerings
for Microsoft Media Center, convergence digital media products in
unique, small form-factors, and small office, home office solutions. In
addition, system builders and OEMs can promote their systems as being
“HD Ready†by integrating DVI and component outputs directly on the PC
for hassle-free connection to a high definition display or television.
This is made possible by integration of NVIDIA® Pure Video™
technology, whose hardware acceleration engine enables smooth playback
of HD video, including Windows Media 9- and MPEG 2-based footage, with
minimal CPU overhead. NVIDIA PureVideo technology also delivers
advanced video features to the PC—including advanced de-interlacing,
inverse telecine, and high-quality scaling—rivaling that of high-end
consumer electronics DVD players.
“Over the last few years, our discrete NVIDIA nForce products have
completely redefined the high-end enthusiast space, allowing us to
achieve a significant market share position, but with this new product
introduction we are focused on an equally important segment—the
integrated mainstream market serviced most commonly with PC OEMs and
system integrators,†said Drew Henry, general manager of platform
product at NVIDIA. “We are confident that our new NVIDIA nForce 400
series of MCPs combined with our new GeForce 6100 series of GPUs will
provide the only viable foundation for powering today’s digital media
and high-definition video-centric PC platforms.â€
“NVIDIA’s chipset and graphics innovation coupled with AMD64
technology continues to set new standards of excellence,†said Emile
Ianni, corporate vice president, Platform Engineering and
Infrastructure Development, Microprocessor Solutions Sector, AMD.
“Today’s announcement showcases NVIDIA’s commitment to extend to
integrated solutions the leading-edge performance available until now
only through discrete solutions. We are helping system integrators and
OEMs offer their customers feature-rich AMD64 platforms for a variety
of markets, including Media Center PCs, digital media PCs, small
office/home office and home theater convergence products.â€
NVIDIA nForce 400 and GeForce 6100-based systems will be available
from worldwide system builders in October. Additional product
information and specific partner availability will be made at that time.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a worldwide
leader in graphics and digital media processors. The Company’s products
enhance the end-user experience on consumer and professional computing
devices. NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs), media and
communications processors (MCPs), and wireless media processors (WMPs)
have broad market reach and are incorporated into a variety of
platforms, including consumer and enterprise PCs, notebooks,
workstations, PDAs, mobile phones, and video game consoles. NVIDIA is
headquartered in Santa Clara,California and employs more than 2,100
people worldwide. For more information, visit the Company’s Web site at
www.nvidia.com <http://www.nvidia.com>.
Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited
to, the features, benefits, performance and capabilities of the NVIDIA
nForce 400 MCP and the GeForce 6100, anticipated cost and expected date
of availability are forward-looking statements that are subject to
risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially
different than expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, manufacturing or software defects, reliance on
third party manufacturers, market acceptance of our technology,
continued development of computer graphics and next generation computer
games, the impact of competitive products and pricing alternatives,
development of other dual core technology, development of more
effective or efficient graphics processing units, lack of demand for
more advanced graphics processing units, changes in industry standards
and interfaces, our dependence on third-party developers and publishers
and other risks detailed fr
