On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 00:26:17 -0700 "Raystonn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here you are comparing different algorithms. A custom sort algorithm will > perform much better than a standard qsort. I agree. Implementing something > in hardware does not mean it uses a more efficient algorithm however. A > hardware implementation is just that, an implementation. It does not change > the underlying algorithms that are being used. In fact, it tends to set the > algorithm in stone. This makes it very hard to adopt new better algorithms > as they are invented. In order to move to a better algorithm you must wait > for a hardware manufacturer to implement it and then fork out more money. As far as I know, every new graphics chip out there right now is programmable - it may have a limited number of operands but the microcode is certainly modifiable. They aren't just straight ASICs. David Bronaugh _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
