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AMD launches new mobile processors for powerful entertainment laptops

Advanced Micro Devices is unveiling its seventh-generation accelerated processing units — which combine graphics and computing in a single chip — for mobile entertainment and productivity laptops today.

The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chip maker said that its new chips have double-digit performance gains for gaming, video rendering, compression, and other applications over the prior generation of chips. The new A Series and E series (previously code-named Bristol Ridge and Stoney Ridge, respectively) are targeted at next-generation laptops.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.