Comes with a docking station with HDMI and a DVD writer

Mar 5, 2010 13:59 GMT  ·  By

While NVIDIA again refused to hand out any sort of details on the upcoming Fermi cards, it did make a step on the graphics market by introducing the next-generation ION at CeBIT 2010 in Hanover, Germany. With a number of companies having already showcased their respective netbooks and other devices running the new graphics solution, the ION is poised to become a strong presence on the mobile front.

A new addition to the line of such devices is the M1000N netbook from Gigabyte, which merges the low-power consumption of the Pine Trail platform with the multimedia capabilities of the new graphics processor.

The M1000N is powered by the Intel Atom N470 central processing unit. This CPU has a clock speed of 1.83GHz and is backed up by 1GB of RAM and the NVIDIA GT218 graphics processing unit. This GPU is based on the 40nm manufacturing process technology and will enable HD media and online streaming with no stutter and likely has eight processing cores. In addition, the mobile PC comes with a hard disk drive whose storage capacity is of 250GB.

The screen used by the laptop is a 10.1-inch one with a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels. As far as connectivity and I/O options are concerned, the only things reported so far are a 1.3-megapixel webcam and a card reader. Of course, judging by all the netbooks released so far, the model also probably boasts WiFi, LAN, Bluetooth and 3G.

Gigabyte's CeBIT demonstration of this particular netbook had it paired with a special docking station. This device had an HDMI output and, according to the report, a DVD burner as well. As for pricing and availability, the new M1000N should reach stores in April or May, with a price tag of around 500 Euro.