Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? | From | Raphael Jacquot <> | Date | Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:02:01 +0200 |
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On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 22:00 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
> I would think that a chip that has a lot of simple functions, but > requires the OS to put them together to actually do something, would be > great. This would be the UNIX mentality brought to hardware: lots of > small components that get strung together in ways their creator(s) never > imagined. If there can be a programmable side as well (other than > re-burning the FPGA), that would be great. > > I guess I would look at this as an opportunity to make a "visual > coprocessor", that also has the hardware necessary to output to a > monitor (preferably multiple monitors).
this being an fpga, why not have various contents for it, such as all the heavy lifters required for theora encoding, for instance, so, you take 5 of those cards, and build a digital recorder that can encode 4 tv shows in real time while viewing them at the same time, you can sell the device for video surveillance, and so on...
Raphael
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