The Broadcom "Crystal HD" video decoding chip family might be a way for the OGC card to provide video decoding for a generation or two until we get our own video decoder designed.
Decodes mpeg2, H.264, etc. 1080p TDP of ~2 watts Drivers for OS-X, Linux and virus-server. So drivers for BSD should be available soon. Firmware is appariently binary-only, grumble. http://www.broadcom.com/products/Consumer-Electronics/Netbook-and-Nettop-Solutions/BCM70012 http://www.broadcom.com/products/Consumer-Electronics/Netbook-and-Nettop-Solutions/BCM70015 http://www.broadcom.com/support/crystal_hd/ http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/11/16/the-little-pcie-card-that-could/ http://www.logicsupply.com/products/bcm970012 http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3701 http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Broadcom-BCM70015/ http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21226 _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
