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Title    Valve Working on a Handheld Gaming PC Running Linux
Date    Wednesday May 26 2021, @06:25PM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the when-you-want-to-take-it-with-you dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/05/26/1246204

takyon writes:

Exclusive: Valve is making a Switch-like portable gaming PC

Video game and hardware studio Valve has been secretly building a Switch-like portable PC designed to run a large number of games on the Steam PC platform via Linux—and it could launch, supply chain willing, by year's end.

Multiple sources familiar with the matter have confirmed that the hardware has been in development for some time, and this week, Valve itself pointed to the device by slipping new hardware-related code into the latest version of Steam, the company's popular PC gaming storefront and ecosystem.

[...] In recent years, the "Switch-like PC" category has exploded. In early 2020, Alienware revealed its first Switch-like gaming PC, but the "concept" device has not yet turned into a commercial product. If you want to buy a similar device today, you're largely looking at products from Chinese OEMs like GPD, One-Netbook, and Aya, who have slapped ultramobile PC processors and parts into a Switch-like chassis.

Rumors point to an AMD "Van Gogh" APU (Zen 2 quad-core with RDNA 2 graphics and support for LPDDR5 RAM), 7/8-inch screen, at a $400 price point for a Q4 2021 release.

Also at Wccftech.


Original Submission

Links

  1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
  2. "Exclusive: Valve is making a Switch-like portable gaming PC" - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/05/exclusive-valve-is-making-a-switch-like-portable-gaming-pc/
  3. "Alienware revealed its first Switch-like gaming PC" - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/dells-new-concept-ufo-puts-pc-gaming-on-a-nintendo-switch-like-device/
  4. "GPD" - https://www.gpd.hk/gpdwin3
  5. "One-Netbook" - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/onexplayer-best-performing-handheld-game-console
  6. "Aya" - https://www.ayaneo.com/aya-neo
  7. "Rumors" - https://www.notebookcheck.net/Valve-s-SteamPal-handheld-console-specifications-launch-window-and-estimated-price-emerge.541112.0.html
  8. "RDNA 2 graphics" - https://videocardz.com/newz/valve-steampal-handheld-gaming-console-rumored-to-feature-amd-apu
  9. "LPDDR5 RAM" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/02/25/1932244
  10. "Wccftech" - https://wccftech.com/valve-switch-like-steam-portable-steampal-amd-intel/
  11. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=48875

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