AMD unveiled PUMA Platform

AMD have unveiled Puma, its new third-generation mobile platform in a web streamed press event. AMD Puma is based on AMD’s codename Griffin processor which the official name is Turion Ultra, and the chipset used for the AMD Puma is the RS780M.

AMD says the core to AMD Puma is energy efficiency, each of the cores of the AMD Puma will be able to run at different speeds to help achieve a balance between efficiency and power , and amazingly will be able to shift speeds while executing threads.All AMD Puma based products will be based on the Griffin processors and RS780M, along with a WiFi adaptor and an optional graphics card. Griffin processors, which will be a dual-core offering, will be equipped with 1MB of L2 cache per core and support up to 8GB of DDR2-667 and DDR2-800 SODIMM RAM.

The RS780M chipset support HDMI and HDCP + Audio, and the chipset can support two display controllers. The RS780M chipset is fully-featured and comes with an integrated DirectX 10 graphics support which AMD claim is up to five times faster than the competitor which is Intel’s X3100 IGP.

One of the highlighted feature of the RS780M chipset used in AMD Puma is the PowerXpress technology which allows the system to switch between external and integrated graphics when changing between AC and DC power without the need for a reboot. Also included is the Hybrid CrossfireX, a good news for mobile gamers. This Hybrid CrossfireX technology allows the integrated graphics hardware to work in tandem with the separate graphics controller to offer more power for gamers.

According to AMD, AMD Puma based notebooks will be available towards the end of Q2.