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by torginus 23 days ago
I don't understand why this isn't bigger news - this is a laptop SoC with actual gaming hardware running on ARM - unlike Apple's M series, which tend to have rather underwhelming perf in games compared to what the specs would suggest, finally we can have a thin-and-light with an efficient gaming GPU.

Considering how much Valve invested into ARM emulation, it's quite possible the next Steam Deck/handheld will use a variation of this (or at least there will be one using this as the SoC).

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It's seeming to be going to be an another DGX Sparks that aren't so faster than maxed out Mac Studio, nor cheaper than 4x Blackwell on a workstation, nor cloud tokens. That's why.
Yeah the 1 PF is only for sparse models (only half otherwise), and it seems to have serious hardware issues: https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1982831774850748825
Well, we don't have any information on cost, battery life or performance yet, which all matter. Could very well run laps around the M series at half the battery life and twice the cost.
Doubtful the slug in the room is Microsoft’s actual support see Qualcomm’s experience, not what Microsoft says in a media guide but what their actual support is when the hardware hits the street.