Today AnandTech posted some official info on the new S3 graphics core aka SuperSavage. This graphics core is intended for use in notebooks and used to be known as Paramount. Since notebooks do not require the performance as high as that of a regular desktop, S3 used old Savage4 architecture in its new product. However, due to more progressive manufacturing technology (0.18micron) this core will be able to run at higher frequencies. Anyway, S3 has still made a couple of architectural enhancements to the core. Take a look at the specs first:

• Savage4 3D core;
• Savage2000 128bit 2D core;
• 143MHz core/memory frequency;
• No Hardware T&L support;
• One rendering pipeline with two texturing units;
• 270MHz RAMDAC;
• DuoView technology;
• 0.18 micron manufacturing technology;
• Power consumption: 2W, core voltage 1.8V.

As you can see, S3 improved 2D core in SuperSavage and introduced DuoView technology, which is an analog to TwinView.
You may also see that S3, just like ATI, decided not to focus on 3D performance of its mobile solutions that much and added better 2D and Dual-monitor support. There will be two chip families based on the SuperSavage graphics core:

• SuperSavage MX. These graphics chips supporting up to 64MB of memory will be able to run with 128bit and 64bit SDR SDRAM or 64bit DDR SDRAM. When working with SDR SDRAM the chip/memory frequencies will make 143MHz, while in case of DDR memory the frequencies will make 125MHz.
• SuperSavage IX. These chips will be multichip modules, which will include a combination of graphics core and 8MB or 16MB of memory. The working frequencies and the bus width are just the same as described in the previous case.

The first notebooks using new SuperSavage MX are expected to appear in Q3. We should also point out that compared to its major competitors, AT Radeon Mobility and GeForce2 Go, SuperSavage has much poorer features, though it can boast the lowest power consumption of all. Therefore, theoretically it may find its niche in the mobile market, however, the price should then be not higher than that of GeForce2 Go and ATI Radeon Mobility.