Doesn't solve any problems that are causing the price crunches. The problem is largely RAM and NAND pricing, which no small shop is going to spin up a fab to create. Making your own SoC would do little to alleviate the price issues.
replyThe MNT Station, currently in development, could very well be a fully-OSHW "Steam Machine": https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mnt-station
replyWhat about the graphics processing capability? I see there are some modules with a GPU on them. Are they good enough to run 3D games that were released in the last 5 years?
replyI'm also happy with older games. I just don't know how powerful these GPUs are.
Yeah hat would be awesome. Some RISC-V processor or something like that. A man can dream :)
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