On Wednesday 02 February 2005 16:55, Raphael Jacquot wrote:
> Timothy Miller wrote:
> > We had decided on a Conexant video chip, because it provides dual-link
> > DVI, analog RGB, and a number of TV signal formats.  Plus, it's
> > inexpensive.
> >
> > Well, it turns out that they want us to sign an NDA to be able to use
> > the chip.  We asked if that was absolutely necessary, and they said
> > 'yes'.  We explained our situation, and they said they'd get back with
> > us.  They haven't.
>
> sounds like connexant all right.
>
> here's an example of connexant's business practises:
<snip>

And they're also quite notorious for guarding the specs of their modem 
chipsets (come on!), causing all sorts of problems with Linux drivers.

Using a Conexant chip for this project would be....well, ironic at best.

Lourens
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