In a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, AMD revelead some details about its open platform for notebooks, codenamed “Puma”. Similar to the platform introduced earlier this month by their rivals, Intel, Puma is aiming to deliver better battery life, graphics and video processing enhancements and improved overall system performance for an enhanced visual experience.

AMD disclosed that the first notebooks based on “Puma” will be available in mid-2008.

"Through the combination of our recent processor and chipset launches and the Better by Design program, AMD is constantly establishing new heights of competitiveness in serving the needs of our notebook customers," said Chris Cloran, vice president, AMD Notebook Division. "With the unveiling of the 'Puma' mobile platform, we're sending a clear signal to the market that we intend to drive continued innovation in notebook computing in 2008 and beyond."

The microprocessor of “Puma” platform is codenamed "Griffin" and it will offer power optimized HyperTransport and memory controllers integrated in the processor silicon that operate on a separate power plane as the processor cores, thereby enabling the cores to go into reduced power states and

power-optimized HyperTransport 3.0 with a more than tripling of peak I/O bandwidth.

In order to deliver better graphics and rich visual experience, “Puma” will integrate "RS780" notebook chipset, based on PCI Express Generation 2 and the HyperTransport 3.0 specifications

In addition to the "Griffin" microprocessor and "RS780" chipset, the "Puma" platform includes ATI Radeon graphics, NVIDIA chipset and graphics technologies, and industry-leading wireless technologies.

AMD will provide new details about “Puma” on May22, at at the Spring Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, California.