Nvidia expects over 50 Optimus-enabled notebooks to be available in mid-2010
Nvidia has projected that more than 50 Optimus-enabled notebooks will be available in mid-2010 with Asustek Computer expected to launch a series of notebook models, including UL50Vf, N61Jv, N71Jv, N82Jv and U30Jc, supporting the technology shortly. Optimus technology supports Windows 7, Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 (Arrandale), Atom N450 and N470, and Core 2 Duo (Penryn) processors, and Nvidia’s GeForce 200M and 300M-series GPUs and its Ion 2 platform.
Nvidia’s Optimus technology enables notebooks equipped with an Nvidia discrete GPU alongside an IGP to seamlessly and automatically switch between the two for a given application, helping to ensure the the system is making the best use of available hardware resources to provide optimum performance and battery life. Optimus is an improvement over previous dual-GPU setups which need the user to manually select which GPU is active before starting a particular task, and in some cases require the system to be rebooted too. Nvidia claimed that notebooks with Optimus could see battery-life extended by up to 2-hours.
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