AMD lets Puma release date out of the bag

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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