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Ok, this has me hyped because it also implies further iterations.
At not wildly inflating costs. I love my deck, so I can't wait to see the next iteration :).
I think they will not do a new processor for another year or so. They said it is years away.
With Snapdragon announcing their M2 like arm processor for desktop, I wonder if Steamdeck and these handhelds will start to switch to ARM?
There is already work being done on x86 to arm translation for Linux.
I doubt it. x86_64 might not be efficient, but it has many instructions that aren't in ARM. Plus you'd lose out on AMD's GPU.
Maybe after we see that new Snapdragon on Windows PC, and enough games run on ARM Windows, then Valve would consider switching chip.
I don't see why they would lead the way on that front, in addition to the software compatibility layer between Linux and Windows.