Tom’s Hardware Guide has Nvidia’s CEO pinning the company’s hopes for future growth on apps like Google Earth:

While workstations will need more graphics capability for medical imaging or 3D CAD to allow collaboration around the world, he said, consumer devices such as cellphones or embedded automotive devices could soon take advantage of software such as Google Earth: “Imagine the potential using 3D graphics for search. You could fly to the next Starbucks on your navigation screen,” Huang said.

Reminds me of my post where I wished the in-flight entertainment screen maps were Google Earth-enabled.