On December 2, Qualcomm released a chip Xiaolong G3X Gen 1 specifically for handheld game consoles on Wednesday, local time, which supports 5g network connection and allows video game players to play streaming media games anytime and anywhere p> < p > Qualcomm said that it has cooperated with game console hardware manufacturer thunder snake to develop a test prototype for game manufacturers p> < p > as one of the largest revenue sources in the mobile app store, video games have become an indispensable function in smart phones. At present, Qualcomm is the world's largest smartphone chip supplier p> < p > the snapdragon G3X Gen 1 chip released by Qualcomm on Wednesday is mainly for handheld game consoles. This special game device has a touch screen similar to a smartphone, but it also has physical control buttons like the console handle. When running video games, the battery life is longer p> < p > the most popular handheld game console on the market today is Nintendo's switch, but this device has no cellular network connection function and can only rely on WiFi to connect to the Internet p> < p > Qualcomm's new chip supports 5g network connection. When WiFi is not available, users can download games directly from cloud game providers such as Microsoft. In order to maximize the graphics and image processing capabilities of Qualcomm chips, handheld game consoles equipped with such chips will also be equipped with larger capacity batteries p> < p > "the most important thing about this device is that it can be stuffed into the user's pocket." Micah Knapp, senior director of product management at Qualcomm, said in an interview: "mobile phones usually have many compromises for non game use cases." "so, what happens if you develop a mobile device only for game applications?" < / P > < p > Qualcomm said, It is also cooperating with thunder snake to build a "development kit" for game developers to write corresponding software. However, Qualcomm did not specify the specific time when the relevant consumer grade devices came out. (Chen Chen) < / P > < p >