Qualcomm jumps into hot gaming market with new chip for portable game consoles
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon.Carlo Allegri | ReutersQualcomm introduced a new Snapdragon G3x microchip on Wednesday for handheld consoles in a sign of gaming's rising importance for semiconductor companies. The announcement shows Qualcomm wants a piece of the hot gaming market, where AMD and Nvidia, which power game consoles from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, are seeing…