-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dieter wrote: > > > Am I correct in thinking that a SATA controller would be easier and faster > > to > > design than a graphics/video controller, and that it would cost > > significantly > > less to get an ASIC fabbed? > > Is it anything more than a parallel to serial and serial to parallel > converter. a DMA controller, and the line transceiver? > > If we were going to market an X server on a card, this would good to > include since it would give the X server direct access to the disk for a > swap partition without going through the computer -- only arbitrate on > the bus on the card.
An enhancement for OGA-2, perhaps? It could get complicated; the graphics card might have to buffer all requests coming from the computer on that interface and arbitrate priorities. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
