AMD Launches Puma Mobile Platform

Jimmy 2004 · Mar 4, 2008, 05:17 PM

After first announcing it last April, AMD has now officially launched its Puma mobile platform, which is set to go head-to-head with Intel’s Centrino platform. Puma is AMD’s first attempt at a complete mobile platform and provides much stronger specifications than the company has had previously. In order to be branded as part of the Puma platform, notebooks must come with a Griffin CPU, RS780M chipset and WiFi adapter, with the option of a discrete graphics card. AMD has integrated a number of power saving features into the Puma platform, including the ability to dynamically change individual CPU core frequencies depending on processor load and PowerXpress technology, which can automatically switch from discrete external graphics to less power-hungry integrated graphics when running on batteries - without the need to reboot. Puma certified systems are expected to ship from the end of the second quarter this year, with prices ranging from around $700 to $2,500 at launch.

Source: DailyTech

broke · Mar 4, 2008, 05:19 PM

nice, will this chipset support hybrid crossfire?

ktr · Mar 4, 2008, 05:20 PM

Hasn't this been pulled off by sony laptops?

FR@NK · Mar 4, 2008, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ktr

Hasn't this been pulled off by sony laptops?

Yea but you have to reboot to switch

ktr · Mar 4, 2008, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FR@NK

Yea but you have to reboot to switch

Oh yea, forgot about the restart.

WarEagleAU · Mar 4, 2008, 08:37 PM

Wow, looks like things in AMDs mobile camp are really starting to come together. I believe Intel hit a natch with the centrino platform (I personally think its great, even though the wife got her a 14.1" AMD Turion 64 X2 1.9ghz proc in her laptop, brand new). Puma looks like a great match head to head with Intel.

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Jimmy 2004 Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Posts: 5,047 (1.66/day) Thanks: 134 Thanked 276 Times in 185 Posts System Specs	AMD Launches Puma Mobile Platform After first announcing it last April, AMD has now officially launched its Puma mobile platform, which is set to go head-to-head with Intel’s Centrino platform. Puma is AMD’s first attempt at a complete mobile platform and provides much stronger specifications than the company has had previously. In order to be branded as part of the Puma platform, notebooks must come with a Griffin CPU, RS780M chipset and WiFi adapter, with the option of a discrete graphics card. AMD has integrated a number of power saving features into the Puma platform, including the ability to dynamically change individual CPU core frequencies depending on processor load and PowerXpress technology, which can automatically switch from discrete external graphics to less power-hungry integrated graphics when running on batteries - without the need to reboot. Puma certified systems are expected to ship from the end of the second quarter this year, with prices ranging from around $700 to $2,500 at launch. Source: DailyTech

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