Filed just yesterday, September 2nd 2025.
STEAM FRAME™ trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of computer hardware; computer networking hardware; computer peripherals; computer hardware and computer software for the reproduction, processing, and streaming of audio, video, data, text, and multimedia content.
https://uspto.report/TM/99370857
STEAM FRAME™ trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of computer game consoles for recreational game playing; video game consoles; video game accessories, namely, controllers for video games.
My guess: Valve is partnering with IBM. They are bringing the mainframe to the masses, with SteamOS preinstalled.
They are probably inspired by the guy who bought a mainframe and put it in his parents basement.
A bit small I would say. I thought of a 42U 19 inch rack. Maybe its just the power supply?
Finally, I can play Doom on ultra.