If there weren't all those patents out there we might just try to develop a free graphics chip.
I have thought about this (repeatedly - the idea gets very tempting after asking for the docs for the Nth time) and I don't think it is feasible to make an actual chip. By the time we are finished the world will move on.
What could work, however, is to make a *board* that is capable of decent 3d. Put lots of memory, lots of bandwidth and several DSP to approximate the same level of raw floating-point power as 3d GPUs. Leave everything else to the software.
The problem is getting such a beast under $1000 range. Last time I looked TI DSPs that were up to the task were rather expensive.
best
Vladimir Dergachev
Philipp
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