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AMD is reportedly plotting an NPU-enabled 'Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme' chip for handhelds and we still can't figure out what it'll do for us aside from drain more the battery juice
2025-04-24 00:45:02| Spiritual Career Counseling
AMD is reportedly planning to release a new version of its Strix Point APU for handhelds with a fully enabled, AI-accelerating NPU. According to X poster Hoang Anh Phu (via VideoCardz) The new model will be known, inevitably, as the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme and the immediate question is: Why would you want an NPU in a gaming handheld? Hold that thought.AMD's 'Z' chips are versions of its APUs specifically optimised for handheld gaming devices, such as the Asus ROG Ally X. The 'Z2' is the second generation of APUs for handhelds, but from that simple initial proposition, things get complicated and fast.Ryzen Z2Ryzen Z2 ARyzen Z2 GoRyzen Z2 ExtremeRyzen AI Z2 ExtremeApril 3, 2025AMD has already announced several Z2 APUs. The top Z2 Extreme is based on AMD's latest Strix Point APU with the full 16 RDNA 3.5 graphics cores, plus eight Zen 5 CPU cores. Slightly confusingly, those CPU cores are three full fat Zen, plus five compact Zen 5c cores.Anyway, the Z2 Extreme that's been announced uses the...
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