NVIDIA will be conducting technology demonstrations this week of its new family of NVIDIA nForce family media and communications processor (MCP) which will be available mid-2006. The new NVIDIA nForce 500 series of MCPs will offer OEMs, system builders, and end users a compelling platform solution along with a dual x16 PCI Express architecture. In its booth, NVIDIA will have on display its entire top-to-bottom product family of MCP solutions, including:

- The new NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP for the enthusiast, dual GPU segment
- The new NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP for the performance, dual GPU segment
- The new NVIDIA nForce 570 MCP for the single GPU performance segment
- The new NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP for the mainstream segment and
- The Company?s complete current product portfolio, including NVIDIA nForce4
- MCP solutions for both AMD and Intel desktops and AMD mobile platforms

The demonstrations will take place at this year?s Cebit tradeshow, being held in Hannover, Germany at the NVIDIA booth, located in Hall 23, B20 as well as at many of the Company?s partner booths located elsewhere on the show floor.

The NVIDIA nForce 500 family offers support for NVIDIA SLI technology?including Quad SLI, a multi-GPU solution designed for the use of up to 4 GPUs simultaneously. In addition, NVIDIA MediaShield technology supports various storage options, including dual RAID 5. The nForce 500 also supports up to 10 USB 2.0 devices and up to six SATA 3Gb/s hard drives, while it is ready for the upcoming dual-core AMD Socket AM2 processors.