Alright, so here’s the deal. Microsoft’s got this thing — Project Kennan? — that’s finally seeing the light of day. Or, kinda. It’s all tied up with Asus and their ROG Ally 2 series. You know, because one version is never enough. Anyway, the scoop comes from 91mobiles and this guy, Huang514613. They’re talking about two different models — there’s a black one with an Xbox Button and a white one that’s more laid-back in the spec department.
So, Project Kennan’s been floating around officially, but nobody knew much. Now, with this leak, puzzle pieces are sort of clicking in place. The model IDs got out and, bam, they found themselves nestled neatly in the US FCC listings. It’s like deja vu, really. The two models remind me of how the OG ROG Ally was split — like, the Z1 with four CUs versus the Z1 Extreme with twelve CUs. A hundred bucks splits ’em, give or take. Asus is sticking with that x86 vibe to keep things tidy with current games and such.
Okay, so the black model — it’s basically screaming “I’m Project Kennan!” with its Xbox Button. But don’t expect too much razzle-dazzle; it’s still on Windows 11, not some secret-agent OS purely for handhelds. That button’s probably just a shortcut to the Game Bar. Don’t hold your breath for other magic tweaks until they spill the beans officially.
What else? Inside, Project Kennan’s humming away with AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Extreme — eight cores, if that’s your thing, clustered like 3x Zen 5 and 5x Zen 5c. Threads? Sixteen of them. It kind of mirrors the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360 but brings more punch to the GPU side with 16 Compute Units on the Radeon 890M. TDP hovers between 15W and 35W. We’re talking 64 gigabytes of LPDDR5x-8533 memory here, a 2TB NVMe SSD, and 100W charging, just like a gadget hoarder’s dream. The screen? A 7-inch LCD, touchy-feely as all get out, with 120 Hz. Fast and slick.
Now zooming in on the white model — it’s sporting a mysterious AMD APU. You know, the kind with an OPN code: “100-000001835” — memorable, right? This one’s got 16GB of RAM, a 7-inch 120 Hz display, and handles 65W charging. Rumors say the APU, with the sick code name Aerith Plus, is a redux or maybe the sequel to the Von Gogh in Steam Decks.
Leaksters whisper the APU, from AMD’s Z2 collection called Ryzen Z2 A, is a quartet of cores with a TDP ranging from 6W to 20W. The architecture and GPU details? Still guesswork, but we should hear more at Computex from AMD and Asus.
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