Nvidia is also showcasing a handful of partner-built 'Mobile Internet Devices' that use its Tegra 'computer-on-a-chip' platform. Though Intel categorizes MIDs as handheld devices, Nvidia is using the term more loosely; its line-up includes netbooks and a tablet PC. With carrier subsidies, when launched later this year. They'll face competition from similar products using Qualcomm's rival, and also ARM-based, . To that end, Nvidia has already started work on .

Meanwhile, the company is aiming its Ion platform at upcoming Windows 7 systems and, by year's end, , such as the just-announced .

We'll have to wait and see which of the products below actually get some US game-time, but they sure look perrty.

- Support for Windows 7 and Windows Vista Home Premium- Low-power CPUs including Intel Atom, Intel Celeron, and Via Nano processors - 1080p HD video with 7.1 audio - DirectX 10 graphics - Accelerated video enhancement and transcoding using NVIDIA CUDA and DirectX