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Raspberry Pi's V3DV Vulkan Driver Can Now Run The Zink OpenGL Translation Layer
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Originally posted by jojo7887 View Post
Wait, what? I always thought the GPU supported OpenGL 4.x. It's kinda weird to me that it doesn't support it but supports Vulkan (not saying that supporting Vulkan is bad thing of course). I'm just genuinely surprised.
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Originally posted by OneTimeShot View Post
In future Zink will be the only way to run old OpenGL software on newer hardware. It isn't going to be worth writing both a Vulkan and an OpenGL driver.
1. On macOS it's deprecated and will be removed in a future version (like we had with 32bit recently). Zink + MoltenVK will be the free opensource way to run OpenGL (next to the commerical closed source MoltenGL).
2. On Windows 10 on ARM desktop OpenGL will be via Zink to Direct3D driver API translation (I think we even had an article here how Microsoft is cooperating with Zink on bringing OpenGL to Windows 10 on ARM).
I don't worry about the performance, because that's only a CPU overhead. And those are faster and faster each year (much faster than the legacy software was made for). Been there done that - we had it with 3D API wrappers for decades (e.g. emulating 3Dfx Glide, or OpenGL on the first generation of 3D cards, which could do only Direct3D).
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On a side note, the Raspberry PI 400 is a great move. I couldn't believe it when I saw it, and even though I don't need it I might buy one just for the history. I mean really, $70 for an all in one computer? That's awesome. I can imagine a lot of low income adults and kids finally getting an acceptable Internet only PC now, and that's a good thing for everyone.
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Originally posted by OneTimeShot View PostIn future Zink will be the only way to run old OpenGL software on newer hardware. It isn't going to be worth writing both a Vulkan and an OpenGL driver.
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Originally posted by muncrief View PostOn a side note, the Raspberry PI 400 is a great move. I couldn't believe it when I saw it, and even though I don't need it I might buy one just for the history. I mean really, $70 for an all in one computer? That's awesome. I can imagine a lot of low income adults and kids finally getting an acceptable Internet only PC now, and that's a good thing for everyone.
Next is why does the Raspberry PI 400 only have 4G of ram. Remember you can buy 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 for 75 dollars then you have to case it.
Aim at 200 dollars for complete unit like the Raspberry PI 400 you can have a true mechanical keyboard and 8GB of ram. Yes aiming at 200 dollars for the unit would still be cheaper than buying Raspberry PI 4 8G + Case + Mechanical keyboard invidually.
I do hope there is a successor to the Raspberry PI 400 built without corner cutting as in having proper key switches and truly maxed out ram for the soc.
I really do think it would be nice and warped to have a full sized mechanical keyboard that to a PC can act as a keyboard but also includes a embedded Raspberry PI so can function as a standalone computer. Could be a really warped macro keyboard. That would something like a Raspberry PI 400 could have been built with a little more budget.
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Originally posted by oiaohm View Post
I do not class the Raspberry PI 400 is a great move. They have build for cost and the device lost some very important things. ...
But for the average consumer without technical skills, and people with low incomes, perhaps with children, the PI 400 is a great start. For many people even $70 is a lot of money, and $170 would be out of the question. For example, imagine struggling parents with two children. For $140 they could provide them with systems well suited for Internet access, but for $340 they could not.
But I'm with you in hoping that Raspberry continues this trend, and will start making a variety of ready to run systems, with more advanced hardware and features, for those without the skills to build them themselves. I think it would be a great new source of income for Raspberry, and provide an equally great benefit for consumers.
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