AMD’s newest mobile platforms for notebooks – the Tigris and the Congo - have been released. The chipmaker claims that the new platforms will improve the multimedia performance while at the same time extending battery life.
Tigris is aimed at the mainstream notebook market. It supports the DirectX 10.1 standard and is capable of decoding full 1080p HD video. AMD claims that it will also extend the battery life by up to 25%. Other power saving innovations on processors based on this platform include me buffer compression, PSI support and dynamic backlight reduction. The Tigris platform will feature the 45nm dual core Caspian CPUs and the Radeon HD 4200 GPU.
The Congo platform is also capable of full 1080p HD video playback and supports the Direct 10.1 standard. This platform will offer a slightly longer battery life by running dual core Neo CPUs and Radeon HD 3200 GPU.
