MSI Claw 7 A2HM Reportedly in Development; Could Feature Intel or AMD Processor

MSI may launch a brand new Claw-branded handheld gaming console in the approaching months, and a brand new mannequin was lately noticed on the corporate’s spare components web sites. There’s no phrase from the Taiwan-based agency on the specs of this new mannequin, however the mannequin quantity (and MSI’s earlier merchandise) signifies that the purported MSI Claw 7 A2HM will probably be geared up with an Intel CPU or an AMD Ryzen processor. It may arrive as a refreshed model of the MSI Claw 7.

MSI Claw 7 A2HM Could Feature Intel or AMD Processor

X (previously Twitter) person Huang514613 (@94G8LA) noticed a brand new mannequin quantity MSI Claw 7 A2HM (MS-1T41) on MSI’s spare components web sites. The person claims that the absence of the phrase “AI” in the mannequin quantity is an indication that it could possibly be geared up with an AMD Ryzen Z2 collection processor, which has a disabled neural processing unit (NPU).

If we seek advice from the mannequin numbers for MSI’s beforehand launched handheld gaming consoles, the third letter in “A2HM ” factors to the presence of an Intel processor. Meanwhile, the second letter may be referring to the 2nd era of Intel Core Ultra processors.

It sounds just like the MSI Claw A2HM could possibly be geared up with an Intel Core Ultra 200H processor. Like the Ryzen Z2 chip, it does not meet Microsoft’s necessities for Copilot PCs, in contrast to the newest handheld gaming consoles from the corporate.

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The listings for the unreleased MSI Claw 7 A2HM reveals that the gadget was licensed by the Japan Audio Society in February (by way of VideoCardz). This is effectively after the agency unveiled the MSI Claw 8 AI+, Claw 7 AI+ with Intel Lunar Lake CPUs, and as much as 8-Inch shows.

It’s price noting that MSI has but to announce any plans to launch a brand new handheld gaming console. However, there are sufficient clues to recommend that the brand new mannequin quantity pertains to an unreleased mannequin, which could possibly be unveiled in the approaching months as a refreshed model of the MSI Claw 7.