2012-12-21-106

[Rumour] Fermi Notebook shown at Cebit

Surprisingly, SemiAccurate have caught eye of a Geforce GTX 480 placedin a notebook. It is unclear as to exactly what this particular "GTX480" is, but it is unlikely to be a mobile part, unless a rebrand. Thisis not a first, however, as we have seen laptops feature the desktopCore i7 in the past, when the laptop CPUs where stuck at low speed Core 2Quad. However, if it were indeed a GTX 480, a 300W GPU inside anotebook is an entire different thing altogether.

Needless to say, such "notebooks" are more like "portable desktops" thannotebooks. They are more portable than desktops, however, and theremight be a market for people who are on the move but want the fastestsystem, and are willing to pay an exorbitant premium.

There is no news of an actual GTX 480M, however, and we probably shouldn't expect one for several months, not counting rebrands. Till then, it will be rather interesting (or even amusing) to see niche portable desktops shipping with the monstrous GTX 480.

Reference: SemiAccurate