This will be the first mobile computer designed from A to Z by AMD and it is a huge step ahead for the computer manufacturer. This is also a great step to 2009, when AMD plans to release a new mobile computer named Fusion, with integrated CPU/GPU.
This new mobile computer has a great battery life saving scheme PowerXPress: the processor can turn off and turn on its parts when needed to save power.
CPU has integrated On-Die Northbridge for efficiency and for power saving. On-Die Northbridge is on its own power level, so it can be turned off while it is not in use to save battery life, and it can be turned on again when needed. On-Die itself integrates memory controller for better efficiency. Memory controller also is on its own power level and saves battery life. Two cores are on separate power levels and can be turned off partially or completely. HyperTransport link also can be turned on and off, its bandwidth can be change by CPU as needed.
Puma platform is powerful for graphics, it supports Microsoft's DirectX 10 graphics, high definition DVDs, and can have up to three active displays. High efficiency and performance can be gained by two 1MB L2 caches for CPU's both cores.
Puma will also support Windows Vista, which has its own intelligence to make the computer's performance even better.
"We can change frequencies are lot faster with a lot more agility and that's important for Windows Vista," said Maurice Steinman, an AMD researcher based in Boston.
Puma platform will come to beat Intel's Centrino Duo and Centrino Pro which are currently the best in mobile market. AMD's mobile computer is going to be better in power saving and in graphics, because it supports DirectX 10, meanwhile Intel's computer supports DirectX 9. But Puma is still in developing process and we haven't seen it yet, so Intel will have a plenty of time to design something better to those times when Puma gets released.
By Ruzan Harutyunyan for HULIQ