AMD heard you like powerful gaming portables — so here are new Strix Halo chips
TL;DR
AMD introduces new Strix Halo chips, including lower-end Ryzen AI Max Plus parts with powerful integrated graphics for gaming devices, aiming to reduce costs from previous $2,000 models.
AMD's Strix Halo, aka "Ryzen AI Max," is a hugely expensive chip that includes some of the most powerful integrated graphics ever made. Though AMD initially marketed it more to AI workloads with its tremendous complement of up to 128GB of RAM, it's also inspired some unprecedented gaming designs - by far the most powerful handheld, the Framework Desktop, and this monster Asus tablet.
But all those machines cost around $2,000, even before today's global RAM shortages. Maybe that'll change now that AMD's announcing two lower-end Ryzen AI Max Plus parts with full-fat graphics but fewer CPU cores, specifically aimed at gaming devices.
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