open source graphics card

[Erik Trulsson]

On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 11:22:00AM +0100, Volker wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I've followed the thread "don't buy ati products" not very closely
> but one thing comes to mind:
> 
> Years ago we've had a lot of card / chip manufacturers on the
> market. When thinking about this currently really just two chip
> manufacturers are coming into my mind. This is bad.
> 
> It's probably a crazy idea but what about an open source graphics card?
> 
> There are similar projects already like OsCar so the idea of open
> source hardware development is not really new but probably exciting.
> Aren't there any hw devs reading and motivated?
> 
> Imagine a graphics chip with a BSD style license... ;)
> 
> Just dreaming?

You are not the first to have this idea.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Graphics_Project  for information
about one actual attempt to make such a card.




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