AMD launches next generation notebook platforms
AMD today announced the 2009 AMD Mainstream Notebook Platform and Second Generation AMD Ultrathin Platform.
With a specific focus on High Definition (HD) graphics, the new platforms and updated processing capabilities has enabled performance increases of up to 42% from AMD’s 2008 model in entertainment applications such as Quick Time and Microsoft Expression Encoder.
In addition the platforms also feature support for DirectX 10.1 and reportedly provide an additional hour of battery life when compared to previous versions.
“The Second Generation AMD Ultrathin Platform for notebooks visibly outperforms the competition’s ultrathin platform on popular entertainment applications such as Windows MovieMaker (up to 43%), productivity applications (up to 17%) and gaming or 3-D applications (up to 77%),” says AMD.
During testing the Second Generation Ultra Thin AMD platform demonstrated an active battery life of almost two and a half hours and a resting battery life of over five and a half hours.
Notebooks featuring the AMD Mainstream Notebook Platform began shipping in Asus and Acer notebooks in early September.
Fifty additional models featuring the platforms are due to be released worldwide in the coming months to coincide with the release of Windows 7 on October 22nd.
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