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Valve is testing ARM64 support for popular games, sparking speculations about future hardware (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Whether we like it or not, the low-power-draw of ARM mean it's probably the future of personal computing, very likely to supplant X64 systems in all but the server space. If ARM continues on this path of growth to create even faster, more agile processors, it could also eventually take over the server space well.

Honestly, it's time for a shakeup to Intel's dominance and the stagnating status of X86/X64 chips.

EDIT: Come to think of it, in the future an ARM-powered Steamdeck might not need to be as bulky at all for the same output. Ideal for the form-factor.

[–] bfg9k 7 points 2 months ago

Once a truly reliable x86 translation layer is figured out Intel's days are numbered, my mate just got a Surface pro ARM and the PRISM emulator mostly works, but it has all sorts of trouble with anything that hooks deep into Windows like VPNs and Anticheat software. The battery literally lasts all day though, sometimes more even with heavy usage which is kind of amazing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

riscv is the future.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

ARM64 is already here (Apple have replaced Intel with it, and Windows PC vendors are following suit), it’s just, as William Gibson put it, not evenly distributed. Mainstream high-performance ARM devices are imminent in a way that RISC-V isn’t yet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

There are ARM servers available too.