Leaked Details on Asus ROG Ally 2: Features AMD Z2 Extreme CPU, 64GB RAM, and Black Variant with Dedicated Xbox Button

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So, I stumbled across this bonkers news about Microsoft’s latest gadget and, wow, it’s like tech candy. They’re finally getting this Project Kennan handheld out there, you know? The whole deal’s tied to the ROG Ally 2 series (or so I’ve heard from some reports, can’t say I’m shocked). ASUS is supposedly whipping up two versions, a black one and a sweet white model. The black has some Xbox Button action — very flashy, I guess. Meanwhile, the white’s like its chill cousin with simpler specs.

Anyway, Project Kennan’s been lurking around for a while like that one song you can’t remember the name of, but now we’ve got some clues. Model IDs popped up and, boom, now they’re in the US FCC listings. Sounded like the old ROG Ally — one with the AMD Z1 and the big boss Z1 Extreme. Price gap? Yeah, a solid hundred bucks apart. That classic ASUS sticking to its x86 stuff, so no surprise there. Keeps things gamer’s choice, right?

So get this, that Xbox Button on the black one is like, yelling “Project Kennan!” at you. It’s probably gonna run on Windows 11, not some secret handheld OS, so keep the fantasies in check. The button might just call up the Game Bar. But who knows? Microsoft might toss in a surprise or two when they spill the beans with an official announcement. Cross those fingers!

Okay, let’s zoom in on the nitty-gritty. Inside, the tech brains are saying Project Kennan’s got the Ryzen Z2 Extreme goin’ on. Eight cores, fancy stuff like 3x Zen 5 and 5x Zen 5c/16 threads. I mean, it’s kinda like the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360 but on steroids with a 16 CU iGPU Radeon 890M. It’s pumping 15W-35W TDP, and man, it’s got 64 gigs of memory, a whole 2TB NVMe SSD, and snappy 100W charging. And the screen? Oh boy, a touchy 7-inch LCD with 120 Hz. Sounds cool enough to lick, but maybe I’m just hungry.

But here’s where it gets oddly interesting — the white one apparently has a mystery AMD chip, code-name whatchamacallit “100-000001835.” Specs are chill, with 16GB RAM and the fun 7-inch 120 Hz display. Charges at 65W, so, yeah, not bad. This AMD chip, known as Aerith Plus (or something), is hinted as the next-gen or a reboot of what the Steam Deck uses. Sounds epic, but the details are sketchy.

So, the leaker’s spilling that this APU in there is christened the Ryzen Z2 A. It’s a quad-core thing, doing 6W-20W TDP. No clue about the architecture or GPU specifics, but I’m betting we’ll find more shiny bits at AMD/ASUS’s Computex show-off.

Hey, by the way, if you like keeping up with the nerdy pulse, check Tom’s Hardware on Google News for the latest buzz. And hit that follow thing. You might find something juicy in there.

And there we have it. Never thought tech chatter could be this twisty, right?