On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 4:00 AM, Nicolas Boulay <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't understand one point : What do you want exactly do : > * A classical open source project with public HDL code with a LGPL > like licence to enable reuse and share of modification
Yes. > * The semi-closed developpement of the first OGP that keep the most > interresting stuff closed ? No. > > If you want to make money, and if you want a model of mix > developpement like Qt and MySQL, The main effort should come from the > compagny behind it. And it was previously a failure from the OGP. The > comunauty will help only a few (testing,...) Tried that. It didn't work out so well. > > You could also propose service to help to doing the real hardware but > the code stay open. Like cygnus that port gcc to new cpu. > > Some hardware project begins with HDL code only, and finish the code > before doing real hardware. This could be very long to code a complete > working gpu, before anything could be tested on fpga. I think we can have a single pipeline ready in short order. Then we can strap four together and make a thread engine. Yeah, I guess it's time to make a list of steps. :) > > The fpga card was a failure because it was too expensive and the free > router can't be used. Hobby's card should not go over 150$ (cf pandora > board, beagle board, Raspery Pi, ...). > > If you develop an full open source HDL code, when it will be ready you > could sell a 100$ card with cheap fpga on it. If it could do the job, > It will be the proof that you could go on SoC. The objective is to LICENSE CODE, not sell hardware. But to do that, our design has to be the best. Can we do that? Yes, if we get the right people involved. > > Regards, > Nicolas Boulay > -- Timothy Normand Miller http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti Open Graphics Project _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
