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SubjectRe: [OT] Crazy idea: Design open-source graphics chip
On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 12:16:26 -0500
Timothy Miller <miller@techsource.com> wrote:

>
>
> DaMouse Networks wrote:
> >>A cheap cludge would be an optional second GPU on the card just to do
> >>the required VGA modes, with an analogue video pass-through. That
> >>would make the VGA cards more expensive than a single GPU which
> >>incorporated VGA, but add almost nothing in cost or complexity terms
> >>to the non-VGA cards.
> >
> >
> > I was thinking of suggesting something similar as I browsed the thread. I would think that having Linux instead of the BIOS would be good since you would only need a small cut-down Linux that has drivers for a VGA->FB interface or something similar. The SMP approach from XGI might work in this since Linux supports SMP very well and it could perform well with up to like 4+ GPUs? (thinking of the card size that might limit this you could have them stacked :) )
> >
> > I think I'm gonna have to follow this thread closely :)
>
>
> So, do you all honestly think that adding cost to the board is going to
> make it sell?
>

More cost? how is saving money on the BIOS raising cost? also the SMP thing would allow like a ton of cheap chips to be stuck on with uber glue :)

-DaMouse
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