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The scourge of x86 emulation

295 points · 100 comments · dagmx

  1. dagmx · · focus · HN ↗
    For reference , Fex is a translation framework for x86 to ARM much like Apple’s Rosetta2 and Microsoft’s Prism.

    Valve sponsor development as it’s also the way the new Steam Frame supports x86 games. It’s also being used (as a fork) in Crossover Beta to replace the use of Rosetta2.

    1. MiroslavPokorny · · focus · HN ↗
      Why doesnt Stream require their binaries to be compiled to some bytecode and transpiled during the install ?

      THen they wouldnt require any emulator for any new compiles.

      1. matheusmoreira · · focus · HN ↗
        Existing games will not be recompiled for the new bytecode target, and they want all of those games to work regardless.
        1. MiroslavPokorny · · focus · HN ↗
          No im simply suggesting that Steam take this approach and prepare for the future.

          One day todays latest x86 will be old and some new architecture will replace it.

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