Qualcomm is laying the foundation for a proper Steam Deck rival
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A Qualcomm executive has strongly hinted that the company is laying the groundwork for a Snapdragon-powered Steam Deck rival.

2024 with Cassia Win Emu and now this. Rosetta like layer for Android and beyond for x86 to arm translation. Hype train!! 😀🫡😄🔥

  • SpeziSuchtel@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If it works as good as Rosetta 2 and has decent power, it would be a great addition to the market.

    Let’s hope they deliver, but I fear that qualcom lacks the software and x86 gaming background to pull this off by themselves. And as AMD is getting better and better and all the major gaming laptop and gaming handheld manufacturers already have way more experience with x86 hardware than with ARM.

    Creating a compatibility layer between to different architectures is already hard enough and Apple is one of the few companies with the necessary resources while having control over every aspect if their hardware and software.

    • Dandroid@dandroid.appEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think they have plenty of x86 experience at this point.

      Qualcomm’s original release for this was like 5+ years ago IIRC. This is likely just an iteration of that. I believe previously it was tied to very specific devices, but it sounds like they are going to make it more generic now.

      They have been working on this for a very long time. It’s not like they just spun this up overnight.