Intel builds handheld gaming platforms including custom chips

Intel is looking to reduce gaming hardware with new chips and platforms for portable gaming devices.

The platform will include both hardware and software, Intel vice president and general manager of PC products, Daniel Rogers, announced at CES on Monday. It will be built on the company’s Intel Core Series 3 processor, known as Panther Lake, which was announced last year and is now being rolled out in a variety of PCs.

This future platform includes a special chip for handheld gaming devices, according to reports from IGNwhich was confirmed by TechCrunch.

Chips Panther Lake was the first company built on 18A production process that starts production in 2025.

Intel is no stranger to the gaming industry and has been making chips for gaming PCs since the 90s. The company is getting closer to the game in 2022 with a release Intel Arc GPUs.

Entering the handheld gaming space would be an interesting development, as the market is currently dominated by AMD. AMD recently announced a new processor designed for gaming PCs, AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3Dat the core of CES there, in addition to the new beam and graphics technology for games.

Rogers said Intel will share more details about its new products for handheld gaming devices later this year.

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