I don’t know what it is, but every time i see that picture of the Nvidia Ion platform in someone’s palm, it shows me a bright future for HTPCs. Small, fast, efficient and can be hidden from view if tucked behind a TV. I’m curious to get my hands on a sample of this platform, ASAP! It’s powerful enough to play Blu-ray movies without hesitation due to the Nvidia’s built in decoder. Nvidia’s Ion reference platform consists of a case containing a pico-ITX motherboard with an Nvidia 9400M chipset and the efficient Intel Atom processor running at 1.6ghz.

• AnandTech's Nvidia Ion preview
• AnandTech's Nvidia Ion performance review
• Tom's Hardware Nvidia Ion review

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