use CUDA to accelerate their time-to-discovery, and popular off-the-shelf software packages are now CUDA accelerated.

 

    We have achieved a leading position in the professional graphics category by providing innovative GPU technology, software, and tools that integrate the capabilities of our GPU with a broad array of visualization products.  

 

    MCP Business

 

    Our MCP business is comprised of NVIDIA nForce core logic and NVIDIA GeForce mGPU products.   Our NVIDIA nForce and GeForce mGPU families of products address the core logic market.  During fiscal year 2008, we announced a new technology named Hybrid SLI, which combines a powerful yet energy-efficient engine with our multi-GPU SLI technology. During fiscal year 2009, we shipped Hybrid SLI DirectX 10, or DX10, mGPUs – the GeForce 8000 GPU series.  We also extended the reach of SLI technology into the performance category with the launch of our overclockable NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI MCP for Intel processors. We also launched SLI for Intel Broomfield CPU platforms. 

 

    In fiscal year 2009, we also launched the GeForce 9400M mGPU along with Apple, Inc., or Apple, for their new lineup of Mac notebooks. The GeForce 9400M integrates three complex chips – the northbridge, the input-output network processor, and the GeForce GPU into a single chip and, as a result, significantly improves performance over Intel integrated graphics.  Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Air notebook computers come standard with the GeForce 9400M. Apple’s MacBook Pro notebook computer comes standard with the hybrid combination of two GeForce GPUs - a GeForce 9400M for maximum battery life and a GeForce 9600M GT for high performance mode.  We also launched the GeForce 9400 and 9300 mGPUs for Intel desktop PCs.  These new mGPUs set a new price/performance standard for integrated graphics by combining the power of three different chips into one highly compact and efficient GPU.

 

    Additionally, in fiscal year 2009, we announced the NVIDIA Ion Platform, which combines the GeForce 9400 GPU with the Intel Atom CPU. The combination enables netbooks, small form factor and all-in-one PCs to play rich media and popular games in high definition. 

 

    Consumer Products Business

 

    Our CPB is comprised of our Tegra and GoForce mobile brands and products that support netbooks, PMPs, PDAs, cellular phones and other handheld devices. This business also includes license, royalty, other revenue and associated costs related to video game consoles and other digital consumer electronics devices.

 

    During fiscal year 2009, we launched the NVIDIA Tegra APX 2500 computer-on-a-chip. In February 2009, we announced the NVIDIA Tegra APX 2600 computer-on-a-chip and that we have worked closely with Google Inc., or Google, and the Open Handset Alliance to utilize Android, an open mobile phone software stack, with the NVIDIA Tegra series. During fiscal year 2009, we also launched the NVIDIA Tegra 600 and 650 products, which are small, advanced, highly-integrated visual computer-on-a-chip products. These products feature enhanced multimedia functionality and deliver many times the power efficiency of competing