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January 8, 2026
Intel is building a handheld gaming platform including a dedicated chip
Intel has been building chips designed for gaming PCs for years but the company is now moving into handheld devices too.
TL;DR
- Intel is creating a new platform for portable gaming devices.
- The platform will include both hardware and software components.
- It will be based on the Intel Core Series 3 processors, codenamed Panther Lake.
- Panther Lake chips are the first to be built on Intel's 18A manufacturing process.
- Intel has a history in gaming hardware since the 1990s and released Intel Arc GPUs in 2022.
- This move enters the handheld gaming market, currently dominated by AMD.
- AMD also announced new gaming hardware at CES.
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