The Register: Nvidia selected for Linux based X-Box rival

“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.”

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