Diving into Qualcomm's Upcoming Adreno X2 GPU with Eric Demers

(chipsandcheese.com)

25 points by rbanffy5 days ago

8 comments

  • bfrog12 hours ago
    If only Qualcomm knew how to do software more than lawyer.
  • jonkoops12 hours ago
    Surely it will work properly on Linux with upstreamed drivers, right? Right?
    • aseipp4 hours ago
      Mesa already has initial support for Adreno 8xx[1] and the DRM side was already merged into the kernel back in November.[2]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gitlab.freedesktop.org&#x2F;mesa&#x2F;mesa&#x2F;-&#x2F;merge_requests&#x2F;38450" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gitlab.freedesktop.org&#x2F;mesa&#x2F;mesa&#x2F;-&#x2F;merge_requests&#x2F;38...</a> [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;torvalds&#x2F;linux&#x2F;commit&#x2F;01ff3bf272156615d6c3daa5286243408bf05e44" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;torvalds&#x2F;linux&#x2F;commit&#x2F;01ff3bf272156615d6c...</a>
  • david-gpu12 hours ago
    Shortly after this interview, Eric announced that he is leaving Qualcomm.
    • daemonologist9 hours ago
      Eric&#x27;s post: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;eric-demers-7bb3b32_next-week-will-be-my-last-week-at-qualcomm-activity-7415396545501548544-zQvY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;eric-demers-7bb3b32_next-week...</a>
  • petermcneeley4 hours ago
    I see the mention of Wave64. It would be nice if we could all standardize on 32. The hw backend can do what it wishes (dual&#x2F;quad issue etc).
  • ra14 hours ago
    If we had a vibrant open source TPU interface, inference &#x2F; training stack... what would be left of Nvidia?
    • onion2k13 hours ago
      We have that for GPUs and nVidia were doing pretty well before AI hardware started being popular.
  • speed_spread11 hours ago
    This guy sure knows his Poutine. Unfortunately nothing described in the article is relevant without proper Linux support which is still unlikely despite Qualcomm&#x27;s repeated pledges.
  • andrewstuart14 hours ago
    What are their drivers like?<p>Fully open source? Unlikely methinks.
    • jordand14 hours ago
      Last I read was Mesa support for those Adreno GPUs is still work-in-process. Link: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lore.kernel.org&#x2F;dri-devel&#x2F;20250930-kaana-gpu-support-v1-0-73530b0700ed@oss.qualcomm.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lore.kernel.org&#x2F;dri-devel&#x2F;20250930-kaana-gpu-support...</a>
    • 99990000099913 hours ago
      Would be nice if Qualcomm worked with at least 1 OEM to get at least one Linux distro supported at launch.<p>Hypothetically if they did I&#x27;d pre order one.
  • dingi11 hours ago
    What&#x27;s the point? They are e-waste as soon as they leave the factory.