In a move that redefines the mobile PC market, NVIDIA introduced GeForce2 Go, the industry’s first graphics processing unit, or GPU as NVIDIA would say, designed for the mobile market. The GeForce2 Go should set a new standard for 2D, 3D, and multimedia for the enthusiast, consumer, and corporate mobile PC.

GeForce2 Go allows business users, artists, and gaming enthusiasts to create, present and entertain anywhere, anytime. As the world’s first mobile graphics processor supporting transform and lighting in hardware, GeForce2 Go delivers breakthrough 3D rendering power, up to ten times faster than that of standard notebooks, processing more than 17 million triangles/second and 286 million pixels/second with a memory bandwidth of 2.6 GB/second. Available in configurations of up to 32MB of DDR SDRAM memory, GeForce2 Go is the first to offer DDR memory on the notebook for responsive graphics.

With Mobile 1GHz processors, this GPU, and VXGA LCD flat panels all we need now is for someone to make a smoking portable digital sound chip and the gamer’s laptop is here!

 “Next to the desktop PC, the laptop market is the second largest segment and rapidly growing,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA. “The market discontinuity created by GeForce2 Go and the quality of our first design wins will drive our rapid growth in this exciting platform.”

“The market for mobile computers is growing at an extremely rapid clip of over 30 million units next year,” stated Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Associates of Tiburon, CA. “Based upon its swift growth in the desktop market and its reputation for excellent product execution, NVIDIA is poised to quickly become a major player in the mobile arena.”

GeForce2 Go accelerates everyday business and Internet applications as well as enables graphics and CPU intensive programs, such as digital content creation software and 3D games, to run smoothly and swiftly without sacrificing battery life.