NVIDIA today announced that NEC Computer International and NEC Corporation, the leading suppliers of mainstream PCs in Europe and Japan respectively, have chosen NVIDIA nForce(tm) Platform Processors as the core technology foundation for all of its AMD Athlon(tm) XP processor-based consumer desktop PC systems. NVIDIA's nForce Platform Processors, the nForce Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP) and the nForce Media and Communications Processor (MCP), combine for the industry's most innovative PC platform design, integrating core graphics, communications and audio technologies to deliver unmatched system performance for the mainstream desktop PC market. The first systems based on the nForce Platform Processors include NEC Corporation's VALUESTAR G Type A and NEC CI's POWERMATE i-Select XL4. The NEC CI POWERMATE i-Select XL4 will also feature the power and performance of NVIDIA's latest graphics technology, the GeForce4(tm) Ti 4600 GPU. The VALUESTAR G Type A will be sold primarily in Japan; the POWERMATE i-Select XL4 in Europe.
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