According to Digitimes, Asus has recently started testing Ion-based
netbook and nettop samples, and is considering launching some Ion-based
products later in the year.
Many other vendors also have Ion products in the works, but Asus was
rumored to be avoiding Nvidia's platform as not to step at Intel's
toes. Apparently there's a chance it will go Ion after all, following
vendors such as Acer and Lenovo, who have already embraced Ion on their
netbooks and nettops.
Asus is reportedly planning to launch the first Ion-based Eee Box B1006
nettop sometime in Q3, but there's no set timeline for Ion-based
netbooks yet.
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