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Valve today is announcing its Steam Machine, Steam Frame VR headset, and new Steam Controller. Alongside these announcements, the company is moving SteamOS to what is functionally a desktop platform while also adapting it to ARM for the Frame VR headset. The new Steam Controller makes some major iterations on the original, with a particular focus on TMR thumbsticks and connectivity. In this video, we run through the details of Valve's new hardware and interview many of the company's engineers working on the products. Engineering interviews and discussions talk about signal trace routing, power delivery, ESD protections, acoustics, thermals, and more. We have at least two other videos coming up from this visit as well, likely immediately, so subscribe to catch our Steam Frame thermal, power, and acoustics engineering interview next.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Valve Announces Steam Machine, Frame, and Controller
04:24 - Valve's First Attempt at Steam Machines
05:16 - Machine: Steam Machine Specs
08:54 - Machine: BIOS, Modularity, BGA Silicon, Power
13:20 - Machine: Airflow, Thermal Engineering
18:10 - Machine: Upgradeable System RAM, SSD
18:28 - Machine: Memory Trace Routing Technicals
21:14 - Frame: Valve Steam Frame Specs, Basics
23:47 - Frame: SteamOS on ARM, Native Compilations
26:46 - Frame: Foveated Streaming
32:20 - Frame: Thermal Design, Power
35:05 - Frame: Sound, Controllers
37:12 - New Steam Controller: Basics
38:10 - Controller: Puck, Antenna Design
41:08 - Controller: Repairability, Battery, Haptics
42:16 - Controller: TMR Thumbsticks, Gyro
43:21 - Conclusion
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SUPPORT THE AI DYSTOPIA REPORT SERIES: store.gamersnexus.net/ai-dystopia
Valve today is announcing its Steam Machine, Steam Frame VR headset, and new Steam Controller. Alongside these announcements, the company is moving SteamOS to what is functionally a desktop platform while also adapting it to ARM for the Frame VR headset. The new Steam Controller makes some major iterations on the original, with a particular focus on TMR thumbsticks and connectivity. In this video, we run through the details of Valve's new hardware and interview many of the company's engineers working on the products. Engineering interviews and discussions talk about signal trace routing, power delivery, ESD protections, acoustics, thermals, and more. We have at least two other videos coming up from this visit as well, likely immediately, so subscribe to catch our Steam Frame thermal, power, and acoustics engineering interview next.
Learn about the special backer tiers with bonus videos and digital content: store.gamersnexus.net/ai-dystopia
Or grab our new "RETRO I/O" Coaster Packs! store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-drink-retro-io-coaster-pack-4-custom-3d-coasters-100x100mm
And our new Vaporwave Smiley T-shirt: store.gamersnexus.net/products/unhinged-vaporwave-smiley-t-shirt-cotton-black
Or grab our sticker packs! store.gamersnexus.net/products/unhinged-ai-dystopia-computer-case-sticker-pack
We also have a new REDACTED glass with nucleation base: store.gamersnexus.net/products/censored-unhinged-smiley-glass-nucleation-base
And our Copyright Takedown T-Shirt: store.gamersnexus.net/products/copyright-strike-takedown-black-cotton-t-shirt
Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: patreon.com/gamersnexus
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Valve Announces Steam Machine, Frame, and Controller
04:24 - Valve's First Attempt at Steam Machines
05:16 - Machine: Steam Machine Specs
08:54 - Machine: BIOS, Modularity, BGA Silicon, Power
13:20 - Machine: Airflow, Thermal Engineering
18:10 - Machine: Upgradeable System RAM, SSD
18:28 - Machine: Memory Trace Routing Technicals
21:14 - Frame: Valve Steam Frame Specs, Basics
23:47 - Frame: SteamOS on ARM, Native Compilations
26:46 - Frame: Foveated Streaming
32:20 - Frame: Thermal Design, Power
35:05 - Frame: Sound, Controllers
37:12 - New Steam Controller: Basics
38:10 - Controller: Puck, Antenna Design
41:08 - Controller: Repairability, Battery, Haptics
42:16 - Controller: TMR Thumbsticks, Gyro
43:21 - Conclusion
** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! **
Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage.
Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates:
t: twitter.com/gamersnexus
f: facebook.com/gamersnexus
w: gamersnexus.net
Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements
Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Editing
Patrick Lathan: Writing, Research
Vitalii Makhnovets: Editing, Camera
Tim Phetdara: Editing
