Open Data Benchmark ARM64 Builds!
I noticed that Windows and Linux ARM64 builds of Blender Open Data are currently unavailable for download.
Given that "Full" Blender builds targetting ARM64 have been available for both Windows and Linux for some time now, I would imagine it is feasible to compile and distribute bechmark builds targetting the same architecture.
With the growing market presence of ARM CPUs from companies like Qualcomm,Ampere, Apple (through Asahi Linux), and possibly more, it would be beneficial to be able to collect data on this hardware.
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projects.blender.org/infrastructure/blender-open-data/pulls/101875
It was supposed to land in 4.3, but didn;t make it in time because its not priority, so it will probably just land in 4.4.
I believe ARM is still experimental, so it's understable if they're waiting until it isn't.
That's what I initially thought as well when I noticed this, but Blender 4.3.2 for windows on ARM is being distributed as a stable release, and I couldn't find any comment warning it is experimental, so I would be surprised it it were.
(On the other hand, Linux releases are not yet available from the foundation, not even in experimental, so I agree with your thoughts here)