Gaming is a lucrative business, including the mobile front, which generates approximately $175 billion annually from an audience of 2.5 billion mobile gamers. Compare that to the film industry, which last year made less than his $45 billion, and you can see why gaming is an important consideration for so many companies. That alone is enough incentive for chip makers to focus on gaming. So it’s no surprise that Qualcomm is backed by his Razer and expanding its offerings with his new Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 gaming platform (more on that later).
The Snapdragon G3x platform represents a brisk run in the category by Qualcomm. “There are really no bespoke gaming devices in the mobile space right now. Interestingly, mobile gaming is by far the most popular and fastest growing gaming segment, but mobile No device, we built a handheld mobile device specifically for gaming to address an unmet need, which fills this unique opportunity within the gaming segment,” said Qualcomm.
Qualcomm has been shy about its exact specs, but we do know that the Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 is based on the Kryo CPU and Adreno GPU, and like the rest of the Snapdragon mobile platform, it claims some high performance. Includes support for games up to 4K resolution, 144 frames per second and true 10-bit HDR.
For starters, Qualcomm also introduced the Snapdragon G3x Handheld Developer Kit, partnering with Razer to offer its first product specifically for developers. In other words, it is not yet consumer ready.
Razer Co-Founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan said: “Qualcomm Technologies and Razer are working together to push the boundaries of fidelity and quality available in portable games, paving the way with new and innovative solutions that will transform the way these games are experienced. “
“The big challenge we face with many high-end, heavy games is that as the device heats up, the framerate starts to drop. Performance starts to get jerky, especially in active sequences. The Snapdragon G3x handheld developer kit does just that. It almost eliminates the ability to run at the highest level of performance possible and stay there,” said Qualcomm.
Other notable features include a 1080p webcam, advanced haptics, analog thumbsticks, a directional pad, the familiar A, B, X, Y, Start, Select, Menu buttons, and several triggers. . And when paired with a 4-way speaker system and Snapdragon sound-enabled earbuds, lag-free audio is guaranteed.
Qualcomm expects gamers to be eager for devices based on the Snapdragon G3x platform, but also says it needs to “serve the developer community first” because “gamers will follow the content”. . Once familiar with the developer platform, OEMs are free to participate and create consumer devices. I don’t know yet how long it will take.
