Eee PC to be Ion 2 based chipset

Asus plans to release the latest Eee PC netbook with NVIDIA platform, ION 2. The ION 2 version will be released in both PC and Netbook version featured with NVIDIA’s ION 2 based chipset.

Unfortunately we got no detail yet about the specification of this new Eee PC variant where it’s going to be launched next spring. The Ion 2 chipset itself is claimed to provide better video playback quality and battery life. Meanwhile, the Asus Eee PC group has also been added a configuration that is based on AMD's Congo chipset. The company recently previewed a Congo-based 1201T capable of 1080p video playback, as the Athlon Neo CPU is paired with an ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics processor where the Asus Eee PC also previously come to N450 Intel atom edition.

For the Ion 2 NVIDIA platform Eee PC will retail approximately $435 and the 12-inch Congo-based Eee PC will retail for approximately $560.

via: geeky gadgets