Exactly 17 years ago, the first Nvidia-powered Windows laptop made its debut at Computex — before RTX Spark…
Nvidia is having another go at the personal computer market with the launch of the RTX Spark SoC which will power a raft of new desktop PCs and laptops later this year just in time for back to school.
Yet few will probably remember that this is Nvidia's second attempt to penetrate a market hitherto dominated by AMD and Intel.
Exactly 17 years ago, on June 2 2009, Nvidia, then a mere $6 billion tech behemoth, partnered with a company no-one had heard of to launch a Windows laptop.
Meet the Elan
The Mobinnova élan was a netbook (remember them?) which was unlike anything else on the market.
It ran an Nvidia Tegra chip on Windows CE because of its Arm origins and offered build in 3G connectivity thanks to an embedded modem.
Its small battery could power the device for up to 10 hours and it was totally...
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