TECH NEWS – According to new rumors, Lenovo is going all out to take full advantage of AMD’s new technology.

A few weeks ago, we reported that Lenovo was planning to launch two new handheld PCs at the same time, as the names Lenovo Legion Go Lite and Lenovo Legion Go Gen Two have surfaced.However, EEC filings suggest that there’s more to come, as the Lenovo Legion Go S 8ARP1, 8AHP2 and 8ASP2 have also surfaced.That’s three different models!

We could easily speculate what this means, but our first guess would be that these are AMD’s Ryzen Z2 APUs. The company is planning three versions of these.There were two of the Z1 (the Z1 and Z1 Extreme) and they power the Lenovo Legion Go alongside the Asus ROG Ally.The more powerful is about the same as the laptops 7840U (Phoenix Point architecture) and 8840U (Hawk Point architecture).

The next-generation Strix Point architecture, which has been seen in several laptops, looks particularly promising, and if it finds its way into handheld PCs, it could be especially exciting in terms of performance. According to Notebookcheck, the 8AHP2 could be the Hawk Point-based Legion Go, and the 8ASP2 could be the Strix Point-based model. The 8ARP1 could be based on an AMD Rembrandt APU, but this technology is a bit outdated.

We’ve mentioned that there are three types of Z2 APUs on the market, so Lenovo would essentially be playing fair with AMD’s technology and putting different solutions on the shelves for each machine, so you’ll find machines with different price points and performance. In any case, AMD’s naming strategy is a bit hard to follow, because if something is based on older foundations and still called Z2, it will be a bit odd.

Anyway, the point is that one of Steam Deck’s big rivals may soon come out with a significantly larger product line. Meanwhile, Valve is standing firm.

Source: PCGamer, Notebookcheck, EEC