In the name of the processor, and of the RAM, and of the holy GPU…

AMD have released more information about their new 2nd generation A-Series processors today. They are codenamed ‘Trinity’, since they provide industry-leading levels of performance, entertainment and gaming.

The Trinity processors will debut in the US this June as the processor of choice for HP’s new Sleekbook. These processors will reportedly maximise battery life in ultraportable by up to 12 hours. In comparison to the previous Llano processors, AMD offer twice the performance per watt and an overall 29% increase in CPU performance and 10% power usage reduction in the core. This efficiency will also do wonders in standard notebooks and home desktops.

AMD have played to their strengths by incorporating a dedicated GPU with the Trinity processor. They are known for their Radeon graphics chips and have incorporated some developments in the chip microarchitecture industry to make Trinity processors one of the best choices for gamers. You’ll be able to witness full 1080p HD resolution for gaming and video at a rate of 30 frames per second, which will be a whopping visual experience.

AMD’s A-series will be a rival to Intel’s Ivy Bridge chip. Intel gets to spread their chips across a broader range of computers from the assembly line, making AMD more of a specialist choice, particularly when it comes to gaming. Intel has had to delay the release of the quad-core rendition of Ivy Bridge which should make it into the shops at about the same time as the Trinity.

AMD have teamed up with Adobe to optimise Trinity for the freshly released Creative Suite 6 software, in particular Adobe CS6 InDesign. They also report that this chip has been built with an awareness of the soon-to-be-released Microsoft Windows 8 operating system, so we’re assuming they are future proof.

With the end of the first quarter of 2012 came the launch of Adobe CS6, a brand new set of software tools aimed at the creative sector. They were officially introduced in San Francisco, California, last month and are now available to buy in the UK.

Creative Suite 6 contains a grand total of 18 different software packages, among them old favourites such as Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign and Illustrator. Along with the improvements of established programs, Adobe has also introduced its cloud computing service, Creative Cloud.

The latter, available in the UK on a subscription basis (from £46.88 per month), lets users store their Adobe projects and access them from multiple devices via Adobe Touch apps.

Among the new features is the much-hyped Content-Aware Move, Extend and Patch tool. This is an incredibly nifty tool that lets photo editors make significant changes to their images in a quick and easy way. The Move function, for example, allows for the subtle dragging around of selected areas or objects, with the new background being created intelligently by the program itself – no more faffing about with the Content-Aware Fill tool!

The new Photoshop interface will also surprise a few people – it has a much darker, slicker look to it.

The page layout software InDesign has undergone a few improvements as well. One new CS6 feature is the Liquid Layouts tool, which lets users be more flexible when creating layouts for different print sizes and interactive formats. Designers can set parameters that determine how their layouts will changes in line with alterations made to the overall size and format.

The new Creative Suite 6 is available in a number of different packages – there’s the CS6 Design & Web Premium (web, tablet and smartphone design), the Design Standard (digital and print layout), the Production Premium (image and video editing, 3D and effects) and the all-conquering Master Collection.

We’ll have more detailed reviews of these and more new Adobe products up soon, so check back!