PCI-SIG, the standard-setting and validating body that sets specifications for the PCI and PCI Express bus, have given the thumbs up on ATI's latest VPU releases, the R520, RV515 and RV530. These next-gen VPUs are already in production, including a line of mobile VPUs dubbed the M52GL, M54GL and M56. This latest line of ATI VPUs includes support for a variety of things such as Shader Model 3.0 and many new native functions, setting the VPU apart from the current 3xx and 4xx line. The specific details are unknown, but it is set to hit the mass market soon. Read the full details here.