"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."
""The reason we introduced the 392 and 388 chips is because those are the right products for gamers we're bringing in," AMD client chip boss Rahul Tikoo tells us in a press briefing. "Those two products were brought in because we had specific customer requests around gaming SKUs that we wanted to bring to market.""
"It's not 100 percent clear that new Strix Halo devices will be more affordable than the previous ones now that the price of RAM is skyrocketing, but take this as you will: Tikoo says that AI Max systems "can be over $1,000 to $1,500 price point" compared to vanilla Ryzen AI systems that typically start as low as $500. "$1,000 to $1,500" sure sounds like it could be less expensive than $2,000, but I don't want to read too much into what could be an offhand remark."
AMD's high-end Strix Halo (Ryzen AI Max) pairs powerful integrated graphics with up to 128GB RAM and has driven ambitious gaming hardware designs, though earlier systems cost around $2,000. AMD introduced two Ryzen AI Max Plus SKUs that retain 40 graphics compute units (60 teraflops) while reducing CPU cores: the Max Plus 392 with 12 cores and the Max Plus 388 with eight. AMD positions these parts to meet gaming customer requests. Global RAM price increases cloud potential device affordability. AMD notes AI Max systems can reach $1,000–$1,500 compared with $500 starting Ryzen AI systems.
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