Comment by izacus
2 days ago
I think you should listen to bringup of Linux on Playstation talk from CCC to understand that those platforms are much more than just "somewhat customized".
There are whole sections of peripheral chips missing and they behave quite a bit differently with how they bootstrap and where things are mapped in memory.
Peripheral chips, non-standard bootloaders, custom hypervisors and similar is not what people mean when they say "run on a custom silicon".
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Even Steam Deck has a custom APU made specifically for it. Call it "customized" if you don't like "custom".
The steam decks APU was designed for Magic Leap 2. It is one of the worst examples you could choose for a chip specifically designed for the thing it is in.
No, they mean customized SoCs which what those chips are as well
So "run on a custom silicon" should not mean anything "custom" in regards to architecture or ISA or even microarchitecture?
If that is true then a lot (or most) of android phones run on "custom silicon" and the term is meaningless.