:The Register: Nvidia selected for Linux based X-Box rival
The Register: Nvidia selected for Linux based X-Box rival May 12, 2000, 13 :00 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (4829 reads) (Other stories by Tony Smith)
"What's good enough for Microsoft is good enough for Linux, if Indrema's decision to base its own
games console on Nvidia's GeForce - just like Microsoft's X-Box - is anything to go by."
"Little-known Indrema was formed earlier this year, and is apparently hard at work on its L600
Entertainment System, a slim-line vertical - shades of PlayStation 2 there - Linux-based games
console-cum-Net access device-cum-MP3 player. It's based on a 600MHz CPU of unknown
provenance and bundles 100Mbps Ethernet for ADSL connections."
"Curiously, Indrema doesn't say which Nvidia processor it's going to use - but it will be a "future
generation" one, at any rate. To be fair, the company isn't expecting to ship for some time -
pre-production models aren't due to appear until "late summer 2000". By the time the L600 ships,
Nvidia should be offering - based on its own six-month roll-out schedule - the GeForce 3. The L600's
graphics engine will be built onto a daughtercard, allowing newer, more powerful 3D chips to be added
later."
