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I think you should listen to bringup of Linux on Playstation talk from CCC to understand that those platforms are much more than just "somewhat customized". Th

by izacus 29d ago

I think you should listen to bringup of Linux on Playstation talk from CCC to understand that those platforms are much more than just "somewhat customized". There are whole sections of peripheral chips missing and they behave quite a bit differently with how they bootstrap and where things are mapped in memory.

SahAssar 29d ago
Peripheral chips, non-standard bootloaders, custom hypervisors and similar is not what people mean when they say "run on a custom silicon".
- ValdikSS 29d ago
  ? Even Steam Deck has a custom APU made specifically for it. Call it "customized" if you don't like "custom".
  - SahAssar 28d ago
    The steam decks APU was designed for Magic Leap 2. It is one of the worst examples you could choose for a chip specifically designed for the thing it is in.
- izacus 28d ago
  No, they mean customized SoCs which what those chips are as well
  - SahAssar 28d ago
    So "run on a custom silicon" should not mean anything "custom" in regards to architecture or ISA or even microarchitecture? If that is true then a lot (or most) of android phones run on "custom silicon" and the term is meaningless.