Hi,
I'm going to talk about some stuff related to the hardware. Unless I'm
mistaken, then Tim can correct me, Is that we are targeting no specific
hardware and go for the hardware OS project without doing hardware.
Still the logic and the functional module related to graphics gard and
GPGPU stuff is a worthy goal. But when we do have something let company
or university do the actual hardware.
A few year ago making a video card did make sense, it's not the case
anymore. The volume is going toward embedded device: cellphone and
tablet for content consumer. Video card are interesting for content
producer, the corporate market fill that gap in a good enough way for
lot's of application. At work I use windows7 all the software I use work
on that platform. There's some specialized software that run on Linux or
Solaris. But they are so specialized and costly that paying a video card
4k$ or 5K$ doesn't matter.
My own target for the project would be to do a GPGPU that's on the AMBDA
bus who's becoming a standard on ARM SOC. That bus is so common lot of
thing are using it and can be found on a lot of softcore and hard ip.
Also do a few generic IP: display port, HDMI(if there a way without
license) and other stuff.
Eventually I also want to try for network on chip as a communication
systen. Network on chip for those who don't know is like sending packet
on the internet but on a chip. Sending packet between processor and
peripheral, in a practical way the different part of the chip becoming
asynchronous from each other. It have a few advantage: enabling device
to react on advanced interrupt system; flexible frequency scaling
option; sleep mode; mixing general processing element with very specific
one and enabling a true heterogeneous system. Micro-kernel also become a
lot easier by changing the fundamental way stuff work on the hardware.
Anyway that's my take on some of the stuff that's possible and what I
would like to see happen.
Not for money(it would be nice), but because it's cool and I like to
learn and play with new toys.
PS. I'm a geek so sue me! ;)
André
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