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Microsoft DirectX 10.1 Graphics Processors for Notebook PCs

AMD announced the
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series, a new family of discrete graphics for
high-definition gaming and video in notebook PCs. The initial offerings consist
of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 series and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3600
series. ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series allows notebook users to experience
the full power of HD through graphics processing designed to satisfy the most
demanding mobile users at work and play. Featuring the latest industry-standard
technologies, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series is optimized for the
forthcoming AMD notebook platform, code-named "Puma", to deliver The
Ultimate Visual Experience.





The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series is an advances into the next generation
of HD gaming and life-like realism. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series
offers support for DirectX 10.1 by enabling a higher level of visual quality
through new lighting and rendering techniques designed of 3D games. New PCI
Express 2.0 support enables faster throughput and greater overall system
performance as compared to PCI Express 1.1 -- ideal for high-performance
gamers. Notebook users can play the latest Blu-ray and HD-DVD movies in full-HD
1080p resolution (HD display required) using ATI Avivo HD Technology which
frees the CPU for other tasks. With a choice of digital outputs, notebook users
can connect to a variety of displays featuring DVI, HDMI and the first ever
next-generation Display Port support on a notebook platform. These new notebook
graphics chips provide breakthrough battery efficiency and superb
performance-per-watt, delivering exceptional battery life for enthusiast users.



 AMD showcased the
upcoming notebook platform, codenamed "Puma." In "Puma,"
the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series graphics will join AMD Turion Ultra
notebook processors and the forthcoming AMD RS780 chipset to deliver powerfully
entertaining power-efficient mobility. AMD plans to introduce "Puma"
in the second quarter of 2008.



ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series



ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 features a variety of new technologies designed to
improve overall notebook performance:



-- Support for Microsoft DirectX 10.1 is provided by the enhanced unified
shader architecture in the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000



-- the first GPU family to support DirectX 10.1 by delivering increased
precision, better lighting and more advanced programmability than Direct X
10.0. With DirectX 10.1, the new mobile graphics solution offers notebook users
feature-rich graphics for astonishing image quality, new lighting and rendering
techniques designed to enhance realism, and amazing 3D application performance
for The Ultimate Visual Experience



-- ATI Power Play Technology dynamically delivers the optimal balance
between performance and power to suit performance requirements for extended
battery life and superior performance-per-watt operation



-- Long Battery Life through power improvements and low average

energy use. Power is maximized with the advanced power management technology
helping extend battery life and conserve energy



-- Breakthrough Performance/Watt through exceptional performance and power
saving features for low power consump