Qualcomm chip aims to create new category of handheld gaming devices
Qualcomm chip aims to create new category of handheld gaming devices
By Stephen Nellis
斯蒂芬·內利斯(Stephen Nellis)著
Dec 1 (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc QCOM.O on Wednesday released a new chip designed for gaming-specific handheld devices offering 5G connectivity, a potential new mobile platform for video gamers offering more flexibility to play streaming games on the go.
12月1日(路透社)-高通高通週三發佈了一款專為遊戲專用手持設備設計的新芯片，提供5G連接，為視頻遊戲玩家提供了一個潛在的新移動平臺，為他們在旅途中玩流媒體遊戲提供了更大的靈活性。
The San Diego-based firm said it has partnered with gaming hardware company Razer Inc 5RZ.F to create an initial test device for game makers.
這家總部位於聖地亞哥的公司表示，它已與遊戲硬件公司Razer Inc 5RZ.F合作，為遊戲製造商創造了一款初步測試設備。
Qualcomm is the world's biggest supplier of chips for smartphones, which have become a key platform for video games, which in turn are one of the biggest revenue generators in mobile app stores.
高通是全球最大的智能手機芯片供應商，智能手機已經成為視頻遊戲的關鍵平臺，而視頻遊戲又是移動應用商店最大的收入來源之一。
With its "G3x Gen 1" chip announced on Wednesday, Qualcomm envisions handheld devices that have a touch screen similar to a smartphone, but also physical controls like a gaming console controller and much longer battery life while playing graphics-intensive games.
高通(Qualcomm)週三發佈了“G3x Gen 1”芯片，該公司設想的手持設備將擁有類似智能手機的觸摸屏，但也有像遊戲機控制器這樣的物理控制，在玩圖形密集型遊戲時電池續航時間要長得多。
The most popular similar device on today's market is the Nintendo Co Ltd 7974.T Switch, but that device does not feature cellular data connectivity, instead relying on a WiFi connection.
當今市場上最受歡迎的類似設備是任天堂公司7974.T交換機，但該設備不具備蜂窩數據連接功能，而是依賴WiFi連接。
Qualcomm powered devices would have 5G connectivity to stream games directly from cloud gaming providers like Microsoft Corp MSFT.O when WiFi isn't available. The devices would also have bigger batteries to take advantage of Qualcomm's graphics processing capabilities, which often aren't fully exploited on phones because it would hurt battery life.
高通支持的設備將有5G連接，當WiFi不可用時，可以直接從微軟MSFT.O等雲遊戲提供商那裏流媒體遊戲。這些設備還將擁有更大的電池，以利用高通的圖形處理能力，這一能力在手機上往往沒有得到充分利用，因為這會影響電池壽命。
"The big thing about the phone is it's always going to fit in your pocket. There are a lot of compromises that go into a phone for the use cases that are not gaming," Micah Knapp, senior director of product management at Qualcomm, told Reuters in an interview. "So what happens if you build a device that's just for gaming?"
高通公司產品管理高級總監Micah Knapp在接受路透社採訪時表示：“這款手機最重要的一點是，它總能放進你的口袋裏。手機有很多折衷之處，都是針對不是遊戲的用例的，”高通產品管理高級總監米卡·納普(Micah Knapp)在接受路透社採訪時表示。“那麼，如果你造了一個只用來玩遊戲的設備，會發生什麼呢？”
Qualcomm said it has partnered with Razer, a maker of gaming PCs and laptops, to create an initial "developer kit" that game makers can use to start writing software. Qualcomm did not give a time frame for when commercial devices for consumers might appear.
高通表示，它已經與遊戲PC和筆記本電腦製造商Razer合作，創建了一個初步的“開發工具包”，遊戲開發商可以用它來開始編寫軟件。高通沒有給出面向消費者的商業設備可能出現的時間框架。
(Reporting by Stephen Nellis in San Francisco; editing by Richard Pullin)
(Stephen Nellis在舊金山報道；Richard Pullin編輯)