Overview

• AMD and Microsoft have extended their multi-year partnership to design a comprehensive lineup of gaming-optimized chips for consoles, handhelds, PCs and cloud services.
• The new chip roadmap emphasizes backward compatibility, ensuring gamers can access legacy titles across different platforms.
• AI-driven enhancements, including upscaling and new foundational rendering models, will accelerate graphics performance in future devices.
• Microsoft president Sarah Bond and AMD CEO Lisa Su confirmed that the chips will power Xbox’s cloud infrastructure to boost Game Pass streaming quality.
• Rumors indicate that the first products to feature these chips will be the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X handhelds in late October 2025, with next-generation Xbox consoles unlikely before 2027.