NetbookTech

Despite the fact that VIA and NVIDIA suspended plans on creating a new netbook platform, NVIDIA is still interested in the netbook/mini-notebook space. However, as PC World reports, the company is playing it by ear right now – waiting for the market to “mature before jumping in”.

According to NVIDIA’s CFO, Marv Burkett, “We’re not saying we’re not interested; it’s a matter of how the market will evolve.”

Of course if NVIDIA were to enter the netbook market, the most likely space it would enter in would be the chipset market. The company already has integrated graphic chipsets for both the desktop and notebook market – it would only make sense that NVIDIA would expand into the netbook market.

However, the company has also shown that it’s capable of building complete system-on-chip (SoC) solutions such as the Tegra processor which includes an Arm processor, a GeForce GPU, and other components. With ARM building up momentum for the netbook market, could we see NVIDIA eventually enter the market with a similar SoC solution built around an ARM core? That would be interesting eh?

Of course, all of this is just theory for now since NVIDIA has publicly stated that it’s taking a wait and see approach to the market. What does this mean for consumers? We’re pretty much stuck with Intel integrated graphics for the majority of netbooks in the near future.

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