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NVIDIA's ion platform is a chipset for Intel's low power Atom processor. It's an "Atom CPU and a GeForce 9400M next to each other, a single SATA connector and a DDR3 SO-DIMM slot on the other side of the board. And this little thing is powerful enough to play HD video (8 - 25Mbps H.264)." The 9400M is the exact same graphics chip that's in the new MacBooks, but the entire chipset fits on a Pico ITX board which is considerably smaller than what's in a full size laptop.
This doesn't quite get into smartphone territory, but you could make a very small notebook ("netbook") with this that would really be full powered. I'll be very interested to see what people do with this. Due first half of 2009.