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PlayStation Handheld May Have Exclusive Next-Gen AMD Graphics, Report Suggests

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PlayStation Handheld May Have Exclusive Next-Gen AMD Graphics, Report Suggests

Sony may have exclusive access to AMD's next-generation graphics architecture for a potential PlayStation handheld, the tech experts at Digital Foundry have said.

There have been rumors of a next-generation PlayStation handheld for some time now, after the success of the Nintendo Switch and a wide gamut of PC gaming handhelds. Indeed, in June, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hideaki Nishino suggested PlayStation may move towards more hybrid, Switch-like consoles in the future to match modern on-the-go players.

When I watched the latest Patreon-exclusive DF Direct, Digital Foundry's Richard Leadbetter claimed that "there's been some behind-the-scenes discussion that Sony has an exclusive of sorts with AMD for RDNA 5 for handheld," and that the only other, presumably handheld, chip he knows of in production at AMD is what's going to be known as Z3, which is unlikely to have RDNA 5 graphics.

AMD and Sony have been working closely for the last couple of years, teaming up on an initiative called 'Project Amethyst,' which ultimately resulted in both PSSR 2 on the PS5 Pro and FSR 4.1 for PC and Xbox.

Speaking of Xbox, it sounds like Microsoft has handheld gaming plans of its own. Project Helix will include a whole range of devices , we were recently told, and a handheld will reportedly be the first out the gate. Fortune recently reported that Microsoft plans to release a handheld by holiday 2027, with the next-gen console following in 2028. The chips going into either of these platforms hasn't been confirmed, but AMD did come out and tease that FSR Diamond would be launching with Project Helix – of which the handheld is a part of – and that would likely be running on RDNA 5.


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