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To the best of my knowledge the ARM ecosystem is an absolute pain to work in, you can get Phone/Tablet SoCs painfully encumbered with out of date drivers and bi
by MadnessASAP 2y ago
To the best of my knowledge the ARM ecosystem is an absolute pain to work in, you can get Phone/Tablet SoCs painfully encumbered with out of date drivers and binary blobs. Or you can get enormous server processors that will cost $1000+. There just isn't much that's suitable for making a desktop or laptop that would meet Frameworks markets expectations.
- pge 2y agowhat about the Snapdragon? Microsoft is using in their ARM laptops
- transpute 2y agoLinux support remains problematic.
- MadnessASAP 2y agoPainfully encumbered with binary blobs and out of date drivers (that is, out of tree hacked in kernel drivers that will never be ported to mainline)
- p_l 2y agoAnd even Microsoft is dealing with pain points like Qualcomm he, few, and drivers actually breaking the spec and causing problems in servicing and supporting the ARM based devices. Meanwhile properly SBSA compliant chips aren't targeted at mobile market at all and thus often lack certain features or are too energy hungry.