Qualcomm received’t be asserting Windows gaming handhelds at GDC in any case

“Snapdragon X Series and Snapdragon G Series processors are pushing the PC, desktop, and handheld gaming device industries forward. Our commitment remains strong, and we can’t wait to share more information about these areas,” reads a part of an announcement to The Verge by way of Qualcomm spokesperson Cassandra Garcia-Bacha.

Qualcomm didn’t say why plans have shifted, however it’s not onerous to think about that RAMageddon may need one thing to do with it. In Qualcomm’s February earnings name, president and CEO Cristiano Amon attributed a giant dip in its chip enterprise “100 percent” to the reminiscence scarcity, telling buyers that the AI trade’s urge for food for elements would possible outline all the scale of the telephone trade all yr lengthy.

In that very same name, Qualcomm CFO Akash Palkhiwala testified that the corporate has already seen gadget producers cut back how a lot they’re constructing. “We just wish there was more memory,” stated Amon.

But the Windows gaming handheld delay may even have one thing to do with Microsoft, which has labored very carefully with Qualcomm on earlier Windows on Arm launches and tightly controls associate bulletins. Microsoft simply bought a brand new gaming CEO, who remains to be determining her total technique for Xbox.

Whenever they arrive, there appears to be potential for Arm gaming gadgets operating Windows titles. Valve has quietly been the architect of a push to carry Windows video games to Arm, and the early outcomes are promising.