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. (more…)