It’s not just Intel, and it’s not just Nvidia who launched a new microprocessor for the market. Yesterday, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) unveiled its latest chip code-named Puma for the computing world. Puma has a CPU which is the Turion X2 Ultra chip having two K8 cores that is also used in the Athlon chips. The new platform Puma also has independent dynamic cores that help set different power level to the cores. Aside from that, Puma chip also possesses optimized HyperTransport 3 and a mobile-optimized memory controller.

AMD has suffered drawbacks last year, its market share dropping almost half from 26% in 2006 down to 13% in 2007. The company hopes that Puma would be strengthen its position in the market. Well-known computer makers like Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba are promising to be the first to market systems integrated with Puma chips. With graphics and video capabilities, AMD’s Puma is expected to rival Intel’s recently launched Atom line of microprocessors.