Valve shuts down Steam Deck 2 speculation as AMD says it's building chips for a stronger handheld: "There is and will be no Z2 Steam Deck"

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AMD unveiled the Ryzen Z2 processor line today, intended to power a new wave of gaming handhelds. While early word from the manufacturer appeared to suggest that a Z2-powered Steam Deck was on the way, a Valve dev has logged on to tell the world that no such product is in development.

This all started when VideoCardz.com published a series of slides running down the capabilities of the Z2 series. One of those slides highlighted the "explosive growth" of the handheld gaming market, including products like the Lenovo Legion Go, Asus Rog Ally, and yes, Valve's own Steam Deck. A quick glance might suggest that AMD was saying the Z2 would in fact power the next iteration of each of these devices.