AMD's "Griffin" and "Puma" mobile platform unveiled
AMD just let loose a few details on their upcoming "Griffin" and "Puma" mobile platform technologies due out in 2008. The Griffin codename denotes 65nm processors bent on increasing performance and battery life of our beloved laptops and mobile devices. These third generation Turion 64 X2 dual-core 64-bit processors also bring support for DDR2-800 memory. Puma then, is the name given to the overall platform built initially around an RS780 chipset featuring a DX-10 class graphics core, Blu-ray and HD DVD acceleration support, and output options for DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort. According to AMD, the combination of Griffin with the RS780 chipset will provide "significantly better" performance-per-watt-per-dollar than their existing platform. Be sure to click through to Hot Hardware for the detailed techno-gore. [Thanks, Dave A.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
steve @ May 18th 2007 10:42AM
hmm, Griff... Puma.. looks like someone at AMD has been watching too much Red vs Blue
Joey Geraci @ May 18th 2007 1:26PM
Wow, it will let you switch between discrete and chipset graphics on the fly. Very nice, and it is certainly better than the option on the Vaio SZ, where you have to restart before the GPU is changed.
Murray Scheck @ May 18th 2007 5:55PM
Mr. Ricker should learn to understand the things he reads.
AMD did not say they had developed these chips but were PLANNING TO DEVELOP THEM FOR INTRODUCTION IN 2008!
Also, in all of AMD's PR releases they talk about the faact that they are using 65nm circuitry, That's a laugh. Intel started using it over a year ago and is now going to 45nm cicuitry.
MR RICKER, YOU'VE BEEN HAD BY AMD'S PR TEAM!!!
Shunnabunich @ May 18th 2007 6:11PM
Is it just me, or is that the sound of Apple execs' jaws dropping and underlings scurrying to find different cat names? :)