Earlier this month, some rumors from China indicated the arrival of a smartbook based on the Tegra platform and featuring the new Google Chrome OS. The rumor mentioned names as Acer and Lenovo and indicated the end of September as the launch date of those smartbooks.

Three weeks later, nVIDIA mobile’s General Manager, Mike Rayfield, has confirmed the collaboration between the two companies and the mysterious Chrome OS is one of the solutions for the Tegra platform. Basically, besides Windows Mobile, Windows CE and Android, Chrome OS will also be among the Operating Systems that will be used on the next smartbooks. The choice, according to Rayfield, will be entirely up to the manufacturers. He didn’t specify precise dates, but it should be launched by the end of this year.