I would say it's rather Qualcomm wasted the exclusivity deal so now others, given the chance, are trying to take a part of the pie for themselves, seeing Intel is at its weakest in years. Meaning if not for the rumored deal, we would probably see competition sooner in this space.Microsoft really proved "If you build it, they will come" with Windows on ARM.
The cost of having to build the SW ecosystem for RISC-V would likely outweigh the license/royalty costs. Better wait a few (10?) years that the RISC-V SW ecosystem matures.I could see AMD maaaybe trying something, if they were planning to start designing custom ARM cores anyway (for servers and maybe laptops), but considering the licencing models ARM is forcing right now, i think it would make much more sense to go the RISC-V way (if they indeed were planning to diversify their lineup).
That means they are not actively blocking it, not that they are contributing something to it. For instance DLSS 2 support was enabled by Nvidia offering the missing DLL file for use in Wine. I'll have to look what "support" entails in this case...Valve added DLSS 3 support to proton.
Latest Valve Proton Experimental update enables DLSS 3 Frame Generation and fixes performance in dozens of games
The November 12th Proton Experimental update implements and improves upon Proton 9.0-3www.tomshardware.com
That explains the DLSS side of things but Nvidia isn’t the one developing a ARM branch of Proton.That means they are not actively blocking it, not that they are contributing something to it. For instance DLSS 2 support was enabled by Nvidia offering the missing DLL file for use in Wine. I'll have to look what "support" entails in this case...
Found this: https://github.com/jp7677/dxvk-nvapi/pull/213
So it's another case of a Windows library file passing data to the Nvidia closed source driver doing the actual work, contributed by an Nvidia employee. So not exactly Valve's work, nor actually open source.
And Valve is most certainly not doing it for Nvidia.That explains the DLSS side of things but Nvidia isn’t the one developing a ARM branch of Proton.
That’s I why I said it’s likely for a future Steam Deck or steam hardware product that uses ARM. Most likely from AMDAnd Valve is most certainly not doing it for Nvidia.
valve is investing heavily into arm builds of proton
Where is this fabled ARM branch of Proton btw? I can't find it. All I found is a closed issue (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/7553) as well as a test application (https://steamdb.info/app/3043620/history/?changeid=25321568).developing a ARM branch of Proton.
this is a good thread.Where is this fabled ARM branch of Proton btw? I can't find it. All I found is a closed issue (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/7553) as well as a test application (https://steamdb.info/app/3043620/history/?changeid=25321568).
Thanks. Seems to me like Valve is continuously looking at ARM compatibility without a specific target so far. Started with SteamVR and could be for anything at this point. But as long as there's no public development I wouldn't hold my breath that there'll be a big reveal anytime soon.
Don't be surprised if it ends to be real knowing the current situation.Windows for RISC-V using Keller's Ascalon cores fabbed at Rapidus.
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