Console laptops with x86 architecture, which are nothing more than mini-PCs with the above arrangement, are one of the emerging sectors of home computing. After AMD placed itself between various devices and Intel, which “responded” with the MSI Claw, it is now NVIDIA the one that looks like it wants a piece of the pie with its own profile console insurance premium.

The possibility that NVIDIA was thinking about marketing an x86 portable console comes from a rumor spread by the YouTube channel Moore’s Law is Dead, which commented in its latest video that the green giant is not satisfied with the success that AMD is achieving in a sector that is actually quite old. but it did not happen mainstream until the Steam Deck appears.

According to Moore’s Law, he is dead,”NVIDIA is worried that they are missing the boat“, so according to the version of the YouTube channel, the green giant directly told him “that he was considering collaborating with someone on a profile portable gaming device insurance premium“. This already suggests that the intention would be to launch a console that relies on x86 instead of ARM, an architecture that the Jensen Huang-led company can handle more independently, and there are two generations of Nintendo Switch to confirm this.

The fact that x86 portable consoles rely heavily on platforms like Steam leaves no room to create a device that uses the ARM architecture unless architectural emulation is used, which has a high chance of negatively impacting performance. With this panorama on the table and the vision of a possible return of Intel and NVIDIA to the Xbox, it is possible that this alliance between the chip giants will be repeated for the other’s portable console.

At this point too It would have to be seen if Intel would be willing to sacrifice its graphics technology in favor of NVIDIA. Adopting something like this could help improve its position on the processor level, but it would be a step backwards in terms of gaining market share on the graphics level. The inclusion of a graphics processor from a giant would support technologies such as Reflex and especially DLSS, the use of which in a portable console is more justified than in a high-end graphics card, where, unfortunately, it served as an excuse for less optimization of video games and less. . Another thing that would be out there would be the GeForce NOW streaming service.

As we usually say in this type of news, it’s best to take information with a grain of salt, especially when it’s a rumor spread by a YouTube channel. AMD’s success in x86 portable consoles means a better positioning of its technologies in the market, which obviously does not please NVIDIA, which dominates the dedicated graphics sector with an iron fist. However, the green giant has the problem of not being able to produce processors with the x86 architecture, which forces it to have to tie up with one of its rivals to have a place in the sector of portable consoles based on this architecture.

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