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nVidia Announces MXM for Notebooks

Posted by simoniker on from the mmm dept.

Giant_Panda writes "NVIDIA just announced a new mobile graphics interface for PCI Express based notebooks (PR here). NVIDIA is calling the interface MXM (Mobile PCI eXpress Module), and they seem to have the support of the Taiwanese notebook ODMs on this one. HotHardware has a few pictures and details on the technology - it looks like MXM is a royalty-free standard too, so other mobile GPU manufactures like ATi may even make MXM modules. (More MXM Info - HardOCP, Tweaktown)"

8 of 83 comments (clear)

  1. Nice... er, RAM modules! by Txiasaeia · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mmmm... Maxim with notebooks... wait, huh? What the hell? I clicked on the "few pictures and details" links and all it comes up with are shots of freaking computers!

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    Condemnant quod non intellegunt.
  2. its kinda cute by INeededALogin · · Score: 3, Funny

    in a weird, square computer fetish sorta way.

  3. MXM... by I_Love_Pocky! · · Score: 5, Funny

    This would be sweet on a machine with MMX running XMMS.

  4. OMGOMG!1~~ by Leffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    • One notebook design, sold into many notebook products
    • One notebook design that can use any graphics solution, from any vendor

    • One notebook to rule them all
  5. Re:Upgrade video card! by donnyspi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seems strange that the vid card is the only thing holding you back on a machine that has a Pentium II and is maxed out at 96MB RAM.

  6. What does everyone have against the letter 'E'? by Zen+Programmer · · Score: 4, Funny

    What does everyone hvae against (capitalizing) the letter 'E'?

    I guess in nVidia's case it's not just the letter 'E' that they subjugate for the more favored 'X' (eXpress), since they also choose 'V' over 'N' in their name (nVidia).

    I guess it's just so much cooler for stuff to be eXtreme or eXpress, rather than Extreme or Express. Bah, stupid marketing.

  7. You'll also need.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    .. a brand new 400W power supply for your laptop to run your mXm nVidia video card!

  8. Re:Ten Leading Notebook Manufacturers by nomadic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nvidia said it had already won the backing of Far Eastern ODMs

    Far Eastern? Isn't that a little bit of a melodramatic term? So we'll start seeing the notebooks with MXM next year, when the Silk Road caravans arrive! Think of the fabulous silks and spices we'll see along with our notebooks!