AMD Lauches PUMA, Intel Launches ATOM

bzzts

by Terence   
Tuesday, 29 July 2008 02:23 PM

AMD has launch PUMA, its latest mobile platform. Embedding its latest chipset and ATI graphics together with 802.11n WLAN, AMD is taking the fight right up to Intel's new Centrino 2.

  




  

At the heart of PUMA, lies the AMD 780G chipset which can deliver DirectX 10 graphics acceleration, full high definition H.264 decoding with both HDMI and Display Port outputs and 5GHz PCI Express ports. This combined with the new AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile CPU and the ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series embedded graphics, givs it a huge leap in 3D performance and HD playback image quality. Combined with a discreet ATI graphics, not only can it support up to 4 monitors, users will also benefit from ATI CrossFireX Technology which according to AMD boast 3D graphic performance up to 70%.

AMD is also claiming 70% increase in battery life with AMD Enhanced PowerNow! and ATI PowerXpress techology which shuts off core logic parts of the CPU when not in use and automatically switches from discreet graphics to integrated graphics when on battery power.

Notebooks utilizing AMD's PUMA are now available from OEM manufactures such as HP, Compaq and Acer.

info from : http://www.lowyat.net/v2/latest/amd-lauches-puma.html






[ Last edited by  bzzts at 10-8-2008 09:27 AM ]

bzzts

by Terence   
Thursday, 24 July 2008 12:15 AM

Intel Malaysia yesterday officially introduced the Intel Atom processor, previously known as Diamondville. This 45nm single core 64 bit processor is designed for optimum power saving and in the smallest package possible but includes some of Intel's latest technology such as SSE3 and hyperthreading.  



The Atom was designed specifically for a new category of simple and affordable devices for the Internet. These new devices are called netbooks and nettops which according to Intel offer end users an easy-to-use device with simple interfaces and performance for a good online experience. In a nutshell, the netbooks and nettops are basically designed for Internet content consumption, that's it.


  
A typical Intel Atom netbook includes the N270 Atom processor at 1.6GHz together with the Mobile Intel 945GSE Express chipset, a 7"-10" screen, 802.11b/g WLAN, a mini keyboard, 400MHz or 566MHz memory, 256-512Mb of RAM, 2-4GB of flash based storage and a lightweight Operating System such as Linux or MS XP Home. Estimated starting price for netbooks are around USD250 or RM900 and above.

With more than 10 PC manufacturers and OEM launching Atom based netbooks at the time of launched, you can now actually get an Intel Atom powered device yourself. Most recent launched are the Acer Aspire One (which is currently being used to type this news out), MSI WindPC and the Asus EeePC 901. All are priced within the affordable range of RM1300-RM1600 depending on the configuration.

Read on for full specifications on the Atom architecture.


For Netbooks:

Intel

bzzts

***agak2 mana best? AMD PUMA ke, ATOM Intel? :re:

mehacomp_91

PUMA la

bzzts

klik le link lowat tu, baca komen dia...

mehacomp_91

apa yang lawak??

bzzts

Name: calvin        Comment:
New technology ,Gratz, but when i install application such like MS OFFICE on WinXP , its really slow ==" i take 20-30min to install WORD&EXCEL.

Atom bring longer life for battery , saving power , saving the earth

but still have to wait more mature

AcerAspireOne User

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Name: vitagen        Comment:
wow, that long to install words n excel?
which version of microsoft office supported by such ATOM processor?

I was told by one of the IT shop that it supports only the 2003 office version... anyone can enlighten here?
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Posted: 2008-08-05 22:24:23

mehacomp_91

oooo yang tu
kecik sangat ke speed dia?atas 1ghz kan?

Mahadaya

tipu ler comments lowyat tu, agak agak ler nak menipu pun, ah well lowtians, speed atom nie lebih kurang celeron jer, aku rasa yang jadik 20-30 minit tu sebab derang guna cd pirate, dah tu calar balar laks, drive cd rom dah kaput sebab banyak burn porno download from internet, tambah laks main segala game pirate yang di crack secara reversed engineering...

ape pun, intel atom nie menarik minat aku untuk tgk gadgets gadgets yang lebih kecil di masa akan datang, amd puma jugak aku rasa akan banyak device yang kecil sebab wifi,gfx, cpu dlm satu set, plus dx10 graphics from ATI, budget gamer mesti suka..

mehacomp_91

setuju ngan mhadaya

bzzts

tu la pasal. cam melampau je.
aku test aspire one kat showroom ari tu pun leh tahan je laju dia.
cache dia tkde la macm celeron, respon dia not bad.

cuma kekurangan aspire one yg aku test ari tu ialah storage dia guna flash memory, 4GB saja. mungkin sbb dh penuh kot, jadi lagging sikit masa try tu. OS XP starter.

Linpus punya ok la, simple menu. click-launch = rasa macam smua program tu standalone je.

tapi teringin la nak test PUMA plak... bila agak2 leptop yg guna PUMA ni nk sampai ek...

mehacomp_91

baru perasan yang aspire one tu takse cd or dvd rom

kuya

ape ke hal laa pulak dok compare puma ngan atom.. different platform tu.. puma utk mobile platform dan atom  untuk ultra mobile platform.... jauh beza tu.... kalu nak compare puma tu pi laa comapre ngan centrino2 Vpro baru laa sama platform...

bzzts

info pasal centrino2?

skycrew

sebenarnye boleh jadi..

atom lagi slow dari 900Mhz celeron

Feno

vote for AMD PUMA

Mahadaya

Originally posted by skycrew at 10-8-2008 12:30 PM
sebenarnye boleh jadi..

atom lagi slow dari 900Mhz celeron

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8515/intelatombenchmark1ik5.gif

tapi kalau fikir secara logik pun, install office kat pentium 3 takkan sampai 30minit? full install kat pentium 733 pun x sampai 10 minit...

skycrew

betul..

tapi speed jugak bergantung pada storage..

kalo guna hard disk memang laju..tapi kalo gune flash memory..

aku rasa..

office tu die letak dalam thumbdrive..pastu dari thumbdrive die terus install masuk ke flash memory dalam ultra mobile pc tu..

[ Last edited by  skycrew at 10-8-2008 01:09 PM ]

Mahadaya

Originally posted by skycrew at 10-8-2008 01:06 PM
betul..

tapi speed jugak bergantung pada storage..

kalo guna hard disk memang laju..tapi kalo gune flash memory..

kalau aspire one & asus ee pc pakai SSD takkan slow? SSD mana guna flash, SSD guna DRAM atau SRAM ler

With no moving parts,solid-state drives are inherently less fragile than harddisks andtherefore also silent (unless a cooling fan is used); as there are nomechanical delays, they usually enjoy low access time and latency.

[ Last edited by  Mahadaya at 10-8-2008 01:10 PM ]

Mahadaya

aku rasa..
office tu die letak dalam thumbdrive..pastu dari thumbdrive die terus install masuk ke flash memory dalam ultra mobile pc tu..

dlm kes tu, bukan sebab processor, tapi read speed USB drive tu yang punca utama sebab ape installation office slow.

* nanti aku nak reformat aspire one member aku, install windows, then aku test, baper minit installation dari compact disc..

[ Last edited by  Mahadaya at 10-8-2008 01:16 PM ]