Intel announced yesterday that it is developing an entire “handheld gaming platform” powered by its new Panther Lake chips, joining an increasingly competitive field. Qualcomm is hinting about a possible Windows gaming handheld to be shown at the Game Developers Conference in March, and AMD’s new Strix Halo chips could lead to a more powerful handheld.
according to ign And techcrunchSources say Intel is going to compete by developing a custom Intel Core G3 “variant or variants” just for the handheld that can outperform the Arch B390 GPU on the yet-to-be-announced chips. ign It is reported that using the new 18A process, Intel can cut different die slices, and “specify the chips to deliver better performance on the GPU where you want it.”
As far as concrete information about the gaming platform is concerned, we will have to wait. According to Intel’s Dan Rogers yesterday, the company will have “more news to share from our hardware and software partners later this year.” The Intel-based MSI Claw saw a notable improvement upon the jump to Lunar Lake, and hopefully the new platform will continue that positive trend.
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