Open-Source Raspberry Pi Graphics Drivers Add Double Buffer Mode

[coder]

It's a $50 matchbox size 'puter, how could it possibly compete with an actual PC?

I think all the hype about advancements being made by phone SoC's are partly to blame. The Pi gets some halo effect, because it's also an ARM-based SoC.

Of course, when you dig into the specs, its actual performance characteristics aren't really a surprise. I think one of its big limitations has traditionally been the SD card. You can get around that with a fast external SSD, but that's bulky and expensive. Although unlikely, I wish the next Pi would implement the SD Express standard:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16938...ssd-served-hot

To have any chance of being affordable, I'm guessing they'd have to integrate the controller into the SoC, itself.

[Quackdoc]

I think all the hype about advancements being made by phone SoC's are partly to blame. The Pi gets some halo effect, because it's also an ARM-based SoC.

Of course, when you dig into the specs, its actual performance characteristics aren't really a surprise. I think one of its big limitations has traditionally been the SD card. You can get around that with a fast external SSD, but that's bulky and expensive. Although unlikely, I wish the next Pi would implement the SD Express standard:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16938...ssd-served-hot

To have any chance of being affordable, I'm guessing they'd have to integrate the controller into the SoC, itself.

even if they just have an nvme port soldered to the bottom of it. it doesn't even need to be in a good location. pretty much all modern devices use pcie. even arm phones. PCIE modding on the rpi4 has taken off and thanks to compute modules, even better, Jeff Geerling did a video on nvme on rpi4.

the RPI5, when it comes out, would do amazing if it could offer 4 lanes of pcie expansion. the "PC Killer" features would truly exist. nvme goes a long way.