so i got a steam deck (i wanted one for a while & the threat of them running out of DRAM because of AI demand is looming)

[synec@messydesk.social]

@whitequark i want the game cube orr Stanley steamer or the stem cube or whatever based solely on the strength of the steam desk

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

you think i was joking

[dysfun@social.treehouse.systems]

@whitequark amazing you can just install a unified AMD on it.

[chamlis@social.treehouse.systems]

@whitequark I don't think a single soul thought you were joking

[azonenberg@ioc.exchange]

@mei @whitequark waiting to see you post about playing doom on a Palladium

[hennichodernich@radiosocial.de]

@mei @whitequark still planning to install @gnuradio on a R36S

[implr@social.hackerspace.pl]

@whitequark "return to gaming mode" wdym gaben vivado *is* gaming

[promovicz@chaos.social]

@whitequark “certain cats do it all the time”, “it’s fine as long as you don’t vibecode”, “isn’t it export-controlled now?”

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@promovicz it is in fact export-controlled and has been for as long as i've been using it

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

it needed some convincing but it runs!

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

now for the real test of steam deck's utility: how fast can it pnr

[glyph@mastodon.social]

@whitequark I would never

[r@glauca.space]

@whitequark according to one benchmark, it has some strange CPU memory bandwidth issues ( https://chipsandcheese.com/p/van-gogh-amds-steam-deck-apu )

but overall still performs quite well for the "ultra-mobile" (do they still use that term?) device class. doesn't throttle for no reason, for one

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

despite having only 88 GB/s of memory bandwidth (https://glauca.space/@r/116126575467566538) it seems to be... okay? oddly it appears much slower to do synthesis than pnr on their or1200 demo project, which is not the way it usually goes

[olasd@mastodon.opportunis.me]

@whitequark don't forget the FPS (Flipflops Per Second) overlay

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

do you think this is the first bitstream synthesized on a steam deck?

[r@glauca.space]

@whitequark no we did quite a few already (might be the first with vivado tho)

hey it's faster than qemu on M1

[lomon@infosec.exchange]

@whitequark I know it's not hehe.
A friend uses he's as a laptop and installed he's work toolchain for the sake of it. Told me that was unusable though.
I also installed ghidra on the same device for a ctf where that was the only computer I could get re was eye stressing to say the least...

[tonyg@pubsub.leastfixedpoint.com]

@whitequark The first bitsteam (I can't help myself, it started when I had a kid, I'm so sorry)

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@tonyg amazing