Gary, I was just watching shark tank (http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/casting) and thinking I should be making a pitch. Do you want to join me?
I think you're right. There's a window. There are people who have posted on this mailing list that can put this together. The Commodore 64 shipped somewhere between 20 and 30 million units. No other general purpose programmable computer has ever shipped that many units. (The Playstation 3 appears to have surpassed 70 million, but is no longer general-purpose. It used to be, when it ran Yellow Dog Linux) So how about this: The Q64. 100mm x 100mm x 60mm. 64 Gigabits of DDR3 or GDDR5 memory UltraSparc T1orT2 processor core ODG2 integrated on-chip Graphics Will it run http://www.rigsofrods.com/content/? YES Preloaded with Debian/Ubuntu Valve games included with GDDR5 'copper' ultra-heat sink version Freedom inside The first computer in history to ship with every CAD file needed to make another one, and the first general purpose computer to ship 50 million units. Serious question for the peanut gallery: Why are there no UltrasparcT2 clones from China? Are silicon fabs allergic to the GPL, or are there land mines hiding in the design? Is the GPLv2 compatible with AGPLv3? On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 10:06:45PM -0800, gary sheppard wrote: > Just to be clear are we talking about a Video Card or a SoC? I am certainly > with you in the linux desktop being ripe. Follow the money trail...well > that money trail is getting more and more interesting these days. > > As for why? Nvidia // ATI // Intel ...are intimidating! You see the likes > of S3 and others come and die quickly and you think..."no way in ...". > > Personally I know you guys can do this. And _NOW_ is the time. There really > is a window of opportunity opened and waiting. The thing is, it needs to > happen sooner rather than later due to several factors. > > -- AMD might just fail... if they do will ATI survive? > -- Intel is making waves in Linux Land and actually making progress in the > GPU area... > -- Nvidia... now here is a wildcard. > -- Valve and Steam...the Source Engine. Linux needs to prove to Gabe there > is money to be made, his profile added to linux land has already caused > things to begin happening. If business turns out to be not so good.... > Damned Binary Blobs are going to be BAD JuJu for us here! > > Ok now off topic a bit... We really also need a GOOD Linux Audio Card...if > this card could be of Audio Phile / Pro quality... I think you would find a > significant audience. Gaming too is a must of course :) > > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Gregory Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Quite honestly if I started writing Verilog code I would kill the project. > > The GPU would be a laughing stock, and probably work just as well as AMD's > > or Nvidia's. > > > > You don't want that do you? :-) > > > > Now, once the card is done, and you want drivers for X or DRI kernel work > > done that is a different story. I have 15 years dealing with LINUX kernel > > issues, and making it work for business and industry. > > > > Just to be clear, I sell and build engineering workstations for AT&T > > contractors. I almost lost the business trying to do it with binary blobs > > from AMD or Nvidia. > > > > If it wasn't for the AMD/Mesa work I probably wouldn't have a company as > > the first time I tried to use that binary garbage Nvidia and AMD was > > pushing in a professional setting I got yelled and screamed at. I was > > taking a huge risk by not using Windows for a 35 person work crew/office. > > > > Thank god the AMD open source drivers had enough oompf to get the job done > > and in a very stable environment. The possibilities of controlling that > > much of the hardware and software in a graphics card I think would > > revolutionize the Linux Desktop which is a ripe untapped market world wide > > of incredible possibilities. > > > > Quite frankly I am really puzzled given my own business why this hasn't > > happened years ago? > > > > But from my perspective an open hardware/open source graphics stack is > > something my customers not only need, but I don't think the LINUX desktop > > will be a reality until we get that GPU. > > > > -gc > > > > > > > > On 12/07/2012 07:25 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > >> Le 2012-12-08 02:18, Gregory Carter a ?crit : > >> > >>> What do you guys think? > >>> > >> > >> your dreams sound like an amazing idea, > >> now you just need to ... > >> get to work and code the GPU :-) > >> > >> > >> -gc > >>> > >> yg > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Open-graphics mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.duskglow.com/**mailman/listinfo/open-graphics<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<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) _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
