Intel announced yesterday that itโs developing an entire โhandheld gaming platformโ powered by its new Panther Lake chips, and joining an increasingly competitive field. Qualcomm is hinting about potential Windows gaming handhelds showing up at the Game Developers Conference in March, and AMDโs new Strix Halo chips could lead to more powerful handhelds.
According to IGN and TechCrunch, sources say Intel is going to compete by developing a custom Intel Core G3 โvariant or variantsโ just for handhelds that could outperform the Arc B390 GPU on the chips it just announced. IGN reports that by using the new 18A process, Intel can cut different die slices, and โspec the chips to offer better performance on the GPU where you want it.โ
As for concrete details about the gaming platform, weโre going to have to wait. According to Intelโs Dan Rogers yesterday, the company will have โmore news to share on that from our hardware and software partners later this year.โ The Intel-based MSI Claw saw a marked improvement when it jumped to Lunar Lake, and hopefully the new platform keeps up that positive trend.
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