The updated AMD Ryzen Z2 A processor is based on the APU in the Steam Deck and uses RDNA2 architecture, according to a reliable leaker.

This shouldn’t be for a steam deck 2, but rather some other handheld.

My (uninformed speculation) is this will likely be for another steamOS device made by some other hardware vendor. It will probably have similar performance to the deck, but with minor upgrades like more RAM/VRAM.

More powerful handheld chips exist, but the steam Deck’s APU is very power efficient compared to the alternatives, so I think there’s value in companies using an upgraded version of it over the alternatives.

  • ag10n@lemmy.world
    10·
    5 days ago

    I’m hoping there’s a vendor that makes an sbc using this chip. Would be amazing to have something similar in size to the Minisforum EM680 but with better thermals and price.