Comment on Probability that the next steam deck is arm based?
Cort@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Doubt it. All the news has said “semi-custom” chip like the steam deck did when it came out. Valve has tweaked an existing x64 CPU again.
Not to say it’s impossible, since AMD does have an arm license, but not likely
AliasAKA@lemmy.world 3 days ago
This is true. But I’m more looking at the work they’re putting in on the Frame as a bellwether. It seems odd they’d support a tiny platform for them with an ARM cpu (that matches typical Android phone hardware). It’s possible they just rang to increase the compatibility layers in that space in a general sense.
I guess I’m looking at the M5 chip 2x’ing the performance (single core) vs the M1 variant from 5 years ago almost exactly, and over that same frame the best desktop cpus have seen a 1.5x’ing. A mobile chip does better single core than desktop chips from AMD and Intel (caveats here). The perf per watt is absurd.
To be clear, I don’t think this will happen quickly. I expect another 2 years before the next steam deck arrives. I just think it’s interesting that valve is supporting a non x64/x86 architecture in a product category here and have a hard time believing it’s a total dead end for them.