curiobleak6 minutes ago
The headline seems like a way to set themselves up to fail. The advancements are great, those features are definitely something a lot of developers and players are interested in, but comparing it to desktop immediately just sets the bar too high.
ksec2 hours ago
With IMG PowerVR mostly gone from Mediatek roadmap. Which means ARM Mali is effectively the GPU IP on Android, excluding Qualcomm Adreno which its market continue to shrink and concentrate on premium segment.
I wonder how far or how good Mali is now compared to others. I wish Chip and Cheese do compassion on GPU as well.
pjmlp17 minutes ago
If only that would mean a better driver story across devices and Android releases.
Unless it is a Pixel or Samsung Sxy flagship device, chances are the driver, which will never get updated, it a box full of interesting developer moments.
Just go to chrome://gpu to check the amount of workarounds enabled in Chrome alone.
teki_onean hour ago
Google just switched to PowerVR, didn't they?
throwa356262an hour ago
Given the horrible GPU performance as well as thermal issues in Tensor G5 and G6, Google will have to switch back to Arm in G7.
Example benchmark showing how extremely far Google is behind:
GeekBench 6 Compute Score (GPU):
Xring O3. 36901. (the GPU in this announcement)
Snapdragon 8 Elite G5 27501. (Adreno 840)
Dimensity 9500M. 23753. (Mali-G1 Ultra MP11).
Tensor G6. 6216. (PowerVR CXTP-48-1536)eptcyka2 hours ago
What about support in mesa?
bigbaguette2 hours ago
Give it a couple years before Valve starts sponsoring someone to reverse-engineer it
eptcyka2 hours ago
I do not understand why vendors believe their software stack is a moat. It is an obstacle to me.
krautsauer2 hours ago
opens wikipedia (Emphasis mine:)
> Moats were excavated around castles and other fortifications as part of the defensive system as an obstacle immediately outside the walls.
Unfortunate wording?
dbdr2 hours ago
Moats are supposed to be obstacles for your competitors, not your consumers.
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throwa35626238 minutes ago
Why?
I thought these GPU were open source with mainline kernel support?
cubefoxan hour ago
This should have happened years ago.