AMD's would-be Centrino-beater, its 'Puma' platform for laptops, will debut in June in notebooks you can actually buy, the chip maker promised this week.
AMD first began talking about Puma almost a year ago. The platform comprises 'Griffin', a dual-core processor designed specifically for mobile applications but built using the current Turion core, and the M780 chipset - codenamed 'RS780M' - which will incorporate a DirectX 10 GPU. AMD will also insist that Puma laptops come with Wi-Fi, but unlike Intel's approach with Centrino, it's not forcing manufacturers to use and AMD wireless adaptor.
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