Gaming to go seems to be at the forefront of what AMD is doing in 2025, as it preps faster and more capable mobile chips.
Move over Nintendo Switch, because it seems the time is right for mobile PC gaming to really deliver this year.
Our love for Valve’s Steam Deck had us rekindle the interest in our gaming library last year, and even before that, the Asus ROG Ally, too, but the hardware on each could still be a little better, and that appears to be what 2025 has in store.
While console games tend to be locked in stone for the sort of graphics and performance they can offer, PC games are always evolving, and so if you want to get more games running, you need better hardware.
AMD could well be in a position for that this year, with news of new chips direct from CES 2025.
The latest hardware includes Z2 handheld gaming chips which will come in three variations — Z2, Z2 Go, and Z2 Extreme — offering up to eight Zen 5 CPU cores and improved graphics to make handheld gaming that little bit better this year.
At the same time, AMD’s laptop offerings will include new chips designed to deliver better performance with similar hardware, likely a little more souped up for the larger laptop form-factor, or larger by comparison to handheld gaming systems.
AMD’s efforts in gaming won’t be all the company has going for it, with AI hardware for more laptops in its Ryzen 200 chips, while the company’s AI Max and Max Pro hardware will effectively be there for high-end portable PCs competing with the likes of those running Intel and Apple Silicon, boasting neural processors for AI-enabled software in laptops focused more on performance.
In short, AMD’s efforts appear to be split across AI for everyone in computers aplenty, and gaming hardware to go. The AI PC is here to stay, it seems.
We’re expecting these in new computers in the coming weeks and months, though we’ll let you know when we know more.
