Update: nVidia Will Drop Atom For VIA Nano In ION2 Comments

Very exciting platform! :¬)

But where's the RAM?

@Ryan
Believe RAM slot is on the other side.

ram is definitely on the other side
I said this would happen in a previous post - that nVidia would go nano if it couldn't get the atom. better to have a decent atom killer since the only good thing is people aren't confused by different processor types in netbooks (although n280 , 330 etc could come on stream)

A choice of CPU would seem a logical choice and provide the nVidia business model options should things turn turkey or, more hopefully sanity prevails between two chip-set sumo's. As Gordon says it's the dratted lawyers that kill life by being overzealous in the name of protecting their clients interests. Hell. just look at the stupidity over the "ifart" fiasco on the iphone...

I for one look forward immensely to the platform raising its head and refreshing the HTPC market. I just hope they get the GPU acceleration right as there are many frustration to be had ( See Doom 9 for details)
Thanks for the updates Gordon.