Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETAdvanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced its next generation of processors at CES 2025, solidifying its push into PC gaming territory with the Ryzen 9000 series, AMD Ryzen Z2, and Ryzen 9000 mobile processors. One of the most anticipated gaming laptops of the year, the Razer Blade 16, dropped with the AMD Ryzen 9 AI, the first time the device has been released with a non-Intel chip. I sat down with AMD’s Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions and Gaming Marketing, Frank Azor, to chat about the company’s plans and vision for 2025. One of its key focuses? Scalability. “We want to design products that can scale. Products that are very power efficient but also performance capable. And to do it with one part, across a broad range.”Also: CES 2025: The 12 most impressive products so farAMD’s portfolio of chips is certainly capable. The newest gaming chip from AMD is the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, with 16 “Zen 5” processing cores and 144MB total cache. Its clock speed can be boosted up to 5.7 GHz, and AMD says it’s overall 8% faster than its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, which is already a beast. It’s not just the Razer Blade 16 sporting a new AMD Ryzen; gaming laptop manufacturer MSI announced a new lineup of 18-inch laptops, many of which come with AMD processors, specifically the AMD Ryzen 9 in MSI’s Raider A18 and the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in the Stealth A18. Also: MSI goes big at CES 2025 with its lineup of new 18-inch gaming laptopsOutside of the impressive high-end product announcements, though, AMD rounded out its portfolio with the Krackan Point APU lineup, a hybrid-core design that’s a more accessible version of its Strix Point with up to four Zen 5 and four Zen 5c cores, and at anaccessible price point. “We’re focused on where the market is,” Azor said. “And 90% of gamers buy GPUs below that $1,000 mark.” More