It is reported that AMD and Valve are cooperating to improve the performance of AMD CPU in Linux, and improvement of gaming performance is also expected.



It is reported that AMD is working with Valve , which develops the game sales platform 'Steam', to improve the CPU driver with the aim of improving performance on Linux. It is expected that this initiative will improve the performance of Valve's handheld game console ' Steam Deck' announced in July 2021.

AMD + Valve Working On New Linux CPU Performance Scaling Design --Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-Valve-New-CPU-Freq

AMD and Valve Working on CPU Driver That Could Boost Steam Deck Performance | Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-and-valve-working-on-cpu-driver-that-could-boost-steam-deck-performance

Valve is developing a compatibility layer 'Proton ' that allows games for Windows to run on Linux. The number of games that can be played on Linux via Proton is increasing year by year, and in December 2020, the number of playable titles exceeded 12,000. At the time of writing the article , more than 15,000 games can be played.

The number of titles that can be played on 'Proton', which was developed so that Steam users can enjoy the game without any inconvenience even if they switch to Linux, has exceeded 12,000 --GIGAZINE



As mentioned above, the environment for playing games on Linux is gradually getting better, but

according to Phoronix , a Linux-related media, when running Linux on AMD CPUs, 'performance will be lower than expected' and 'performance' It takes time for the CPU to become high, and problems such as 'the power management function may not be disabled in some cases' have been reported. On the other hand, AMD's rival Intel CPU does not have the same problem.

Phoronix says that the performance degradation when running Linux on AMD CPUs is due to the fact that the driver ' ACPI CPUfreq ' used to manage AMD CPUs on Linux has not been optimized for AMD CPUs in recent years. Pointed out. In order to overcome this situation, AMD is developing a driver such as the CPU management driver 'Intel P-state ' that also supports the latest CPU provided by Intel in cooperation with Valve, Phoronix reports. ..

Valve has announced that it will start shipping the handheld game machine 'Steam Deck' equipped with AMD's Zen 2- based CPU and RDNA 2-based GPU in December 2021. 'Steam Deck has a custom Zen 2-based APU, and we look forward to the AMD and Valve improvements coming to Linux,' Phoronix said. New drivers will improve Steam Deck's performance. I am especially looking forward to it.



Hardware-related media Tom's Hardware said, 'The driver developed in collaboration with AMD and Valve may improve the overall performance of AMD CPUs on Linux. However, AMD and Valve dedicate the driver to Steam Deck. If you decide to design, you may not be able to apply the driver to other platforms, 'he said, pointing out that the newly developed driver may be dedicated to Steam Deck.

Details of the CPU driver jointly developed by AMD and Valve will be announced at the X.Org Developers Conference (XDC) in September 2021.

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