Intel is looking to double down on gaming hardware with a new chip and platform for portable gaming devices.
The platform will include hardware and software, Intel vice president and general manager of PC products Daniel Rogers announced at CES on Monday. It will be built around the company’s Intel Core Series 3 processors, known as Panther Lake, which were announced last year and are now being introduced in a variety of PCs.
According to, this future platform includes a chip specifically for handheld gaming devices Reporting from IGNWhich was confirmed by TechCrunch.
These Panther Lake chips are the company’s first manufactured chips 18a Manufacturing process with production starting in 2025.
Intel is no stranger to the gaming industry and has been manufacturing chips for gaming PCs since the 90s. The company leans more into gaming in 2022 with the release of Intel Arc GPU,
However, entering the handheld gaming space would be an interesting development, as AMD currently dominates the market. AMD has just announced a new processor designed for gaming PCs, AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3DIn its CES keynote speech on Monday, the addition of new ray tracing and graphics technologies for gaming.
Rogers said Intel will share more details about its new products for handheld gaming devices later this year.
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