Forthcoming Dell"s AMD-based notebooks, which are expected to be available in late October or early November, will be equipped with ATI Mobility Radeon graphics chips, according to sources at Taiwan notebook makers. Although it will not be the first time for the market to get AMD-based notebooks with ATI GPUs inside, Dell"s offering will be the first launched after AMD"s recent announcement of acquiring ATI for US$5.4 billion, the sources noted.
Dell"s decision to use ATI GPUs in AMD-based notebooks indicates that the impact of AMD"s acquisition of ATI on the PC industry will likely start intensifying in the near future, the sources said.