MSI may launch a brand new Claw-branded handheld gaming console within the coming months, and a brand new mannequin was just lately noticed on the corporate’s spare components web sites. There is 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 likely 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 May Function Intel or AMD Processor

X (previously Twitter) person Huang514613 (@94G8LA) spotted a brand new mannequin quantity MSI Claw 7 A2HM (MS-1T41) on MSI’s spare parts websites. The person claims that the absence of the phrase “AI” within 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 confer with the mannequin numbers for MSI’s beforehand launched handheld gaming consoles, the third letter in “A2HM ” factors to the presence of an Intel processor. In the meantime, the second letter could be referring to the 2nd technology of Intel Core Extremely processors.

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

Picture Credit score: Screenshot/ Japan Audio Society

The listings for the unreleased MSI Claw 7 A2HM reveals that the gadget was licensed by the Japan Audio Society in February (via VideoCardz). That 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 is value noting that MSI has but to announce any plans to launch a brand new handheld gaming console. Nonetheless, there are sufficient clues to recommend that the brand new mannequin quantity pertains to an unreleased mannequin, which could possibly be unveiled within the coming months as a refreshed model of the MSI Claw 7.