Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:35:05 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Crazy idea: Design open-source graphics chip |
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Timothy Miller wrote: > John Bradford wrote: > >>The real question we have to ask ourselves is, what would be the market > >>demand for a graphics card that is 3 generations behind the state of the > >>art and over-priced, the only advantage being that it's a 100% open > >>architecture? > > > > > > Err, well there are always the server and embedded markets, if the > > device was cheap enough. > > Ah, but it won't be. Low-volume ASICs are expensive. The chip itself > would probably be around $150, not counting $100k NRE. Then you have to > pay for the board, make up for the NRE, and make some profit to make it > worth while. How much are YOU willing to pay?
Then why are companies doing ASICs with an OpenRISC core?
> Whatever we design is going to be EXPENSIVE. So, regardless of the fact > that an ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 9000 is over-powered for job you > describe, that board will be cheaper than what we could produce.
And it's probably overpowered when speaking about power consumption, too...
Now think of a SoC with an OpenRISC core and an integrated graphics controller...
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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