Since February 2022 Valve will launch its famous Steam bridgethings have changed a lot in the PC market game. One of them is that thanks to these laptops, many hardware companies have embarked on the adventure of having an alternative to Gabe Newell’s product in store. And the last one who can join this battle is Nvidiawho has reason to be very concerned.
And the reason I want to have yours in store Steam bridge It has only one excuse: despite its power in many sectors and an important presence in IT thanks to its graphics cards, the truth is that in the IT market handheld computer The PC has virtually no presence. It’s completely missing because companies that developed devices relied more on AMD
NVIDIA and its current concern
If we look at the hardware specifications of the three machines that dominate this PC market consolidated we see that in all cases both Valve as Asus as Lenovorelied on chips from AMD. The bone Ryzen 7 7840U and other variations that give power to these machines that allow you to have enough power in the palm of your hand to play with the best and latest AAA available in stores.
From Nvidia They are worried because the success of this new computer gaming concept was not on their radar of possibilities and is confirmed by the fact that their competitor, AMD, has been much smarter than the North Americans. So much so that some runaways They detail that “NVIDIA fears missing a boat here […] They directly confirmed to me that they were looking into working with someone on a portable gaming device. prime
This is why, because of the feeling of missing an important train, since Nvidia They would seriously consider having an alternative that would compete with all these options from companies as relevant as Asus, Lenovo or Valve. So they got to work and did not rule out alliances. With whom?
Does NVIDIA want its own Steam Deck?
What is obvious is that the company wants to take as quickly as possible the bull by the horns and they are considering several alternatives. The main one, allied with a partner important with which to jointly develop a portable device capable of competing with those that carry AMD chips. A handheld computer
Even in the latter case, the alliance could materialize Intel have a PC consolidated in stores in the near future but, even in the latter case, the processor manufacturer has already entered into an alliance with Arc Graphics to bring the new MSI Claw to the market. The doors are therefore closed. So much so that the last option, that of manufacturing a model on their own, could not be viable to launch on the market before 2025 or 2026. And by then, they might have already lost the whole war .
