CES 2010 allowed us to ascertain that ION 2 platform will be based on the discrete graphical solution on base of GT218 chip, known to us on the video card GeForce G210 and GeForce G310. Sixteen stream processors, although will not ensure phenomenal productivity, the support Of directX 10.1 and the hardware acceleration of contemporary standards video decoding will make this chip welcome guest in many netbooks.
Asus company prepares the announcement of mono block Asus ET2010PNT, which will combine 20 inches sensory screen with the support of 1600 X 1200 points resolution and the platform NVIDIA ION 2. The latter will be the dual core processor Intel atom d510 (1.66 GHz) and the discrete graphical solution GeForce G310. This assures that the graphic core GT218 will become the heart of ION 2 platform.