AMD Chips Also in Future Microsoft Xbox

Sarah Bond, President of Xbox , announced a new multi-year partnership between Microsoft and AMD . The Santa Clara manufacturer's chips will also be used in future consoles, including portable ones. Other interesting information was provided during the short video.

More stores, more devices

The collaboration between Microsoft and AMD began in 2013 with the Xbox One . It integrated a Jaguar APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) with an octa-core CPU and a Radeon GPU. It then continued with the current Xbox Series X and Series S , announced in 2020, which integrate a Zen 2 CPU and an RDNA 2 GPU.

Sarah Bond announced that the new multi-year partnership will see AMD chips powering the entire “portfolio of devices,” including next-generation Xbox consoles . The two companies will deliver the best in performance, visuals, and immersive gaming experiences, including leveraging artificial intelligence .

The President of Xbox promises backwards compatibility with the existing library of games and the creation of a platform that will allow you to play without being tied to a single store and a single device. This will be possible because future Xbox consoles will be installed on Windows . Users will then be able to download games from any store, as is done on PC and ROG Xbox Ally .

Sarah Bond in fact stated:

We are working closely with the Windows team to ensure that Windows is the number one platform for gaming.

The version of Windows 11 installed on ASUS portable consoles has been optimized to reduce resource usage and increase battery life. The future version of Windows for Xbox may be more similar to the PC version, as traditional consoles are plugged into the mains.