AMD is readying the launch of its “Puma” mobile platform for laptops. The new platform is supposedly faster, more energy-efficient, and offers respectable integrated graphics performance.
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AMD’s restructuring is being accompanied by dramatic drops in the prices of its microprocessors, according to new official information released Monday.

In an update to its microprocessor pricing page, AMD announced high-end price cuts on the AMD Athlon 64 FX and Athlon 64 X2 microprocessors. The fastest Athlon 64 X2 processor, the 3.0-GHz 6000+, is now priced at $241, slightly more expensive than Intel’s midrange E6400, a 2.13-GHz chip that sells for $224. (read more)

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While AMD’s 690 chipset has already been put through its respective paces, it looks like the marketing team took the easy route when labeling its apparent mobile counterpart, but the M690 is here regardless. The firm’s latest laptop chipset touts the same snazzy integrated graphics technology as its desktop-based sibling, as an ATI Radeon X1200 series graphics processor is built right in for your convenience. Additionally, it’ll support the dual-core AMD Turion 64 X2 processors, and you’ll also find an “innovative memory technology known as Display Cache,” which reportedly allows the CPU to function in low-power mode without accessing system memory. Of course, the built-in ATI Avivo compatibility ensures both HDMI and DVI support for the media-centric set, and while it will supposedly end up in Asus and Fujitsu offerings in the future, you can test it out right away in HP Compaq’s 6515b and 6715b.

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