On Saturday 07 May 2005 21:21, Patrick McNamara wrote:
> We want as wide an audience as possible for this card.  That
> unfortunately means making VGA work.  Does it have to work
> immediately? No.  It has to work before we spin an ASIC.

Exactly.  Nothing I wrote earlier contradicts that.

> >So does that mean you agree with me, or?
>
> I agree with you.  We have to treat the dev board and the graphics
> core as seperate projects.

With the caveat that the design of each impacts the other.  It is 
essential to complete both designs to a high degree of precision prior 
to making even prototype hardware.

> When the dev board is ready, it can be 
> released, regardless of the state of the graphics core.

And there is a whole class of participants for whom that will be a badge 
of honor.

> You are then 
> free to load any graphics core that we create, regardless of what
> works and doesn't. Release early, release often as folks say.

Yes.  Exactly then is when it stops being backbreaking work and starts 
being fun.

Regards,

Daniel
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