SIMD have no use for shader program. multiple scalar core are much more efficient. The issue is then the connection network.
2007/12/14, James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Patrick McNamara wrote: > > http://www.opensparc.net/news/2007-12/tgdaily-sun-open-sources-t2-processor.html > > > This (unlike the T1) supports all VIS instructions (except Quad > precision) and the FGX processor (SIMD). > > It is actually the FGX processor which would be of interest to us. I > have wondered if it would be possible to have a graphics processor based > on multiple SIMD processors from standard MPUs. I was thinking of the > AltiVec; however, the SPARC is available free. > > -- > JRT > > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
