India, June 29 -- There is something reassuring about generational chip leaps. It is part hope and expectation that the future of computing is in good hands. Also part knowing, having spent almost two decades in this profession, that Intel is indeed in swashbuckling form. The Arc G3 Series processors that the chip maker detailed a few weeks ago, will be to gaming handhelds, what John Cooper's mid-engined Copper T43 car of 1958 was to modern day single-seater racing. A spark, the beginning of something great. The first step in an unstoppable journey.

Intel is confident (and rightly so, as I'll illustrate in this analysis) that the Arc G3 series chips represent a big step forward for PC gaming, particularly the portable handheld form facto...