On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Best knowledge is, that new intel and amd processors cannot be reverse > engineered. > What in regard of the latest mali gpus? > If you have the money, they can be reverse engineered?
yes. about $150k would do it. but the question is, really: what would happen if you did? and, what else could you do with the same money? well, with the same money it would be possible to make our own libre processor, with enough extensions to be able to do 3D graphics *without* paying anyone a cent. any company tries to claim patent royalties, all that happens is a search is made on their "claims", for anything similar that has prior art. if it's another company, guess what? we notify that other company and watch the fireworks... l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
