Nvidia is set to launch its new Tegra chips that should go into devices like netbooks and smartphones early next year, a company executive said.

The company will make a "major announcement" around the Tegra family of chips, said Michael Hara, senior vice president of investor relations at Nvidia at the Barclays Capital Global Technology conference last week. "It's highly possible you'll see some very interesting form factors come out at the same time shown by our partners using the next Tegra device," he said in a recording of the event.

The company is also launching the next-generation Ion graphics chip in the first half of next year, which pairs Intel's Atom chip with a GeForce graphics core to deliver full 1080p graphics capabilities in netbooks.

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