CORP TALK: DigiTimes has followed on a Commercial Times report where AMD is planning to unveil its new notebook platform (Tigris) at Computex 2009 in Taiwan. The platform is based on a 45-nanometer (nm) dual-core Caspian CPU, RS880M chipsets, and either a 55-nm or 40-nm M9X graphics processor unit.

According to the report, AMD might also unveil its notebook platform, codenamed Danube, for 2010, featuring its 45-nm quad-core Champlain processor and SB8xxM series chipset. So expect AMD to push its Yukon and Congo platforms for 13-inch and below notebooks while promoting Tigris 14-inchers and above at Computex 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan (2-6 June 2009). (Editor opinions: 1)

Vijay Anand, Editor, HardwareZone.com

Vijay (HardwareZone.com): AMD has had a very decent notebook platform ever since Puma debuted at last year’s Computex (we first reported it as a preview here, then Computex here and finally the Singapore launch here).

However, there is a need for the company to design its notebook platforms within a certain thermal design specification to maintain decent performance and uptime, considering the workload demands and the multi-tasking culture of notebook users today.

The new notebook platform that’s set to be revealed in Computex 2009 would certainly take its roots from the current successful desktop Phenom II processors - albeit in dual-core format and accompanied by a newer chipset and graphics engine.

As such, we can expect a good performance leap by the new AMD platform notebook in the second-half of 2009 and hopefully more cooler peformance notebooks too.