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And the games will run on Linux using Vulkan. I find that pretty awesome.
by jpambrun 8y ago
And the games will run on Linux using Vulkan. I find that pretty awesome.
- mtgx 8y agoLooks like Fuchsia is a year years too late to be used for this, but I guess it wouldn't be too difficult to switch it out later on. Still a great thing for Linux and Vulkan. Too bad Sony refuses to support them on its PS consoles.
- pjmlp 8y agoJust like with OpenGL, Vulkan is not like Vulkan. Plenty of extensions to choose from. https://vulkan.gpuinfo.org/listextensions.php https://vulkan.gpuinfo.org/listextensions.php
- awill 8y agoI don't think Fuchsia would be used for this. Vulkan runs on Linux, Unreal/Unity run on Linux, and AMD has a good open source driver. Everything points to Linux being the right choice here.
- jayd16 8y agoBut its a custom AMD GPU. I wonder how much will make it back to trunk.
- jpambrun 8y agoVulkan is an open API. Sure it's not Ubuntu on commodity hardware, but it's closer than Windows.
- kllrnohj 8y agoThe only part about it that looks custom is that it's lower spec than what AMD otherwise sells. Stadia's specs per Google: Custom AMD GPU with HBM2 memory and 56 compute units capable of 10.7 teraflops 16 GB of RAM with up to 484 GB/s of performance Radeon MI25's specs: 16GB of HBM2 memory at 484 GB/s with 64 compute units capable of 12.29 TFLOPs 12.29 * (56 / 64) = 10.7. So this is almost certainly just MI25 chips with 1 or 2 bad 'cores'. Aka, the reject pile. From last generation, at that, since the current gen MI50 & MI60 are both 1TB/s HBM2 memory. The multi-gpu part maaaaay be custom using the Instinct's extra interconnects instead of what used to be consumer Crossfire. But multi-gpu in consumer space is almost entirely dead, and nothing seems to suggest any developer would do anything for multi-gpu in this platform, either.
- toastking 8y agoAs a development platform this seems pretty awesome. Abstracting away compute from game development is going to open up a lot of opportunities.
- agildehaus 8y agoNot just Linux. AAA games on Haiku!
- _bxg1 8y agoThat is an interesting detail. I don't want the future of gaming to be Google-based, but it would be awesome if this project - in the couple years before Google ditches it - leads to some real headway in Linux gaming.
- meruru 8y agoBetween this and Valve's push for gaming on Linux, another of Linux' Achilles heels is solved. What else is missing before the Linux desktop is adequate for pretty much everyone?
- Scramblejams 8y agoDeveloping a game that runs on Stadia and one that runs on the customer's local Linux box are probably going to be two different things, unfortunately. :-(
- Androider 8y agoThis isn't going to bring any new local games to Linux, rather it "solves" the gaming problem by simply making these streaming games playable on Linux with Chrome, same as on Windows, Mac, on your TV with ChromeCast, tablets, phones etc. Much like web apps, YouTube, Netflix etc. today already work flawlessly on Linux, so will gaming too with this development. For most people, the browser is already the only "native" desktop application they use on their computers. Web apps and web video finally made the Linux desktop viable, but also irrelevant in the bigger picture.
- Scramblejams 8y agoDue to GP's mention of playing Valve games on Linux, I mistakenly assumed the poster was hoping to run the other games locally. Thanks.
- meruru 8y agoIt's running on Linux servers and using Linux tech like Vulkan though. Getting a game to run well on Stadia will probably involve a lot of the same steps that are needed to make them run well on Linux natively.
- codegoblins 8y agoLinux for everyone will happen when I no longer need to explain what a "package manager" or "dependency" is to my retired mother. So, never, basically.