An interesting detail of newly released Catalyst 10.8 drivers is that they entail entries in the binary files for the upcoming Radeon ‘Southern islands’ HD 6000 series. A total of 35 new product names are being listed in the atiicdxx.da_ file.

Ready, here we go: Barts, Cayman, Blackomb, Antilles and Whistler.

223,CAYMAN GL XT (6700),NI CAYMAN
224,CAYMAN GL XT (6701),NI CAYMAN
225,CAYMAN GL XT (6702),NI CAYMAN
226,CAYMAN GL XT (6703),NI CAYMAN
227,CAYMAN GL PRO (6704),NI CAYMAN
228,CAYMAN GL PRO (6705),NI CAYMAN
229,CAYMAN GL (6706),NI CAYMAN
230,CAYMAN GL LE (6707),NI CAYMAN
231,CAYMAN GL (6708),NI CAYMAN
232,CAYMAN GL (6709),NI CAYMAN
233,CAYMAN XT (6718),NI CAYMAN
234,CAYMAN PRO (6719),NI CAYMAN
235,ANTILLES PRO (671C),NI CAYMAN
236,ANTILLES XT (671D),NI CAYMAN
237,BLACKCOMB XT/PRO (6720),NI BLACKCOMB
238,BLACKCOMB LP (6721),NI BLACKCOMB
239,BLACKCOMB XT/PRO Gemini (6724),NI BLACKCOMB
240,BLACKCOMB LP Gemini (6725),NI BLACKCOMB
241,BARTS GL XT (6728),NI BARTS
242,BARTS GL PRO (6729),NI BARTS
243,BARTS XT (6738),NI BARTS
244,BARTS PRO (6739),NI BARTS
245,WHISTLER XT (6740),NI WHISTLER
246,WHISTLER PRO/LP (6741),NI WHISTLER
247,WHISTLER XT/PRO Gemini (6744),NI WHISTLER
248,WHISTLER LP Gemini (6745),NI WHISTLER
249,ONEGA (6750),NI TURKS
250,TURKS XT (6758),NI TURKS
251,TURKS PRO (6759),NI TURKS
252,SEYMOUR XT/PRO (6760),NI SEYMOUR
253,SEYMOUR LP (6761),NI SEYMOUR
254,SEYMOUR XT/PRO Gemini (6764),NI SEYMOUR
255,SEYMOUR LP Gemini (6765),NI SEYMOUR
256,CAICOS GL PRO (6768),NI CAICOS
257,CASPIAN PRO (6770),NI CAICOS
258,CAICOS PRO (6779),NI CAICOS

AMD is working hard to get its game back on track. Part of the way they are attempting to become competitive in the market again (besides complaints) is by redefining their mobile platform.

In this space AMD has been consistently trounced by Intel and nVidia.
Intel kicks their mobile CPUs and nVidia kicks their mobiles GPUs.

However AMD is getting ready to dump a new mobile platform on the consumer. Yukon is doing well with HP’s dv2 but we hear that Tigris will be making a large appearance at Computex. Tigris will be composed of a Dual Core Caspian CPU combined with a RS880M and SB710. Graphics will be provided by either a 55 or 40nm GPU.

the Tigris mobile platform consists of dual-core ‘Caspian’ processors, motherboards based on the RS880M and SB710 chips, and 55/40nm-built Mobility Radeon cards.

AMD’s plan is for Tigris to be used in everything from business to entertainment and gaming notebooks, and provide a well-priced alternative to Intel’s Centrino line-up until next year when it will have the Danube platform