Toshiba&#039;s lightweight Dynabook features unreleased AMD Puma technology

Toshiba's lightweight Dynabook features unreleased AMD Puma technology

Common sense tells us that AMD's Puma notebook platform will be based on the desktop 780G model. As such, it'll pack in a DX10-compliant GPU right on to the chipset, which'll offer decent 3D gaming performance and a helping hand with decoding high-definition content, usually from Blu-ray titles, amongst other desirable attributes.

AMD reckons it's raked in over 100 design wins for Puma, and we managed to snag a picture of Toshiba's upcoming Puma-powered, lightweight Dynabook before AMD heavies took it away. After all, the platform hasn't even been released yet.

The svelte machine doesn't have much room for a discrete mobile graphics card, and that's why Puma's integrated GPU, Radeon HD 3200, makes sense.

A look at Device Manager reveals all. Puma will be based around the Turion Ultra X2 dual-core CPU - which appears to be pretty much performance-identical to the incumbent Turion 64 X2 - and Radeon HD 3200 graphics.

The WEI score of 3.8 is impressive for a thin-and-light laptop that features integrated graphics.

Add in a solid-state drive and the Dynabook becomes a formidable notebook in the thin-and-light space.

Puma, then, seems to have legs, and we'll be spotting a greater number of models, of various sizes, as the show progresses.

Stay tuned for more Puma coverage.