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SubjectRe: [OT] Crazy idea: Design open-source graphics chip
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> > Ok, so, how about this idea:
> >
> > - Small Xilinx FPGA, 16M of RAM, and a DAC on a board.
> > - AGP 2X
> > - Up to 2048x2048 resolution at 8, 16, and 32 bpp.
> > - Acceleration ONLY for solid fills and bitblts on-screen.
>
> Sounds OK to me.

Disregarding what i said 5 min ago on modular RAM (sorry ... delusions of
grandure).

Would it have to be AGP? afteall the data volumes pumping through that would
probably be not that high, and with the PCI express being backwards
compatible, this would evade a dying bus.
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with kind regards,
Christian Unger

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