Don't start with Gabe. Start with Jeri Ellsworth. http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeriellsworth Her video of removing oxide from wafers in a garage is what convinced me I'll be able fab silicon on my farm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdcKwOo7dmM
On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 09:43:11PM -0800, gary sheppard wrote: > The first thing is... Gabe will need to hear about the "rockstars" who will > roll up their sleeves and drive the project forward. He is a businessman, > and if a genuine opportunity presents itself I would think he could be > convinced to invest. > > I have been watching Nvidia // ATI // Intel and trying to wrap my head > around where they are headed. > > -- Intel: Knights Corner started out as an x86 core video card / HPC > Compute accelerator. It later morphed into more of a HPC accelerator, and > if what intel claims is true then the HPC crowd are going to crow loudly > and Nvidia / ATI are going to be crying about CUDA / OpenCL and HPC being > made obsolete. "If you program for x86, you can program for our Knights > corner HPC Compute!" ... that is convincing. > > I mention that because both ATI and Nvidia depend on these sales to help > round out profits. > > Another thing to consider is Bitcoin and Folding @ Home == > http://www.hardocp.com/news/2012/12/07/fold_for_horde_win_cash_prizes > The easier we make it for "science to happen" by accelerating the compute > models the better off we are. > > For a while when the Sony Playstation 3 was still Linux friendly the United > States Airforce used it to make a fairly nice cluster. Cell anyone? > > Just ideas, and thoughts. > > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Dieter BSD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Gregory writes: > > > Maybe someone should write a letter to Steam and say: > > > > > > Dear Steam, > > > > > > Given how Microsoft is trying to screw everyone this Xmas with > > > Windows 8, and seeing you had such bad luck with the Video blobs from > > > vendors, but good luck with the open source stuff...really only one > > > thing is missing. > > > > > > An open source card, which, you have a vested interested in helping fund > > > or develop with the community. > > > > > > If you please put on your Steam page a percentage of how much of the > > > profits for the Linux games goes to a Chip Foundry fund so you and the > > > community can get Graphics hardware with 3D capabilities that are > > > decent, we would wuv you. > > > > Not a bad idea. All we need is someone with ueber diplomatic skills. > > Which isn't me, unfortunately. Anyone have ueber diplomatic skills? > > Anyone happen to be friends with people from Steam? > > > > Here's my feeble attempt: > > > > Dear Steam, > > > > We at the Open Graphics Project have read about the trouble Steam > > has been having with binary blobs, and your relative success with FLOSS. > > We are working on developing a graphics card that is completely documented, > > so that FLOSS OSes can have proper device drivers that work correctly. > > > > As you are doubtlessly aware, the lack of a properly documented > > graphics card is a major sore point in the FLOSS community. Sponsorship > > of a "Steam Powered" graphics card would generate an enormous amount of > > goodwill. We look forward to discussing the possibility of working together > > with you at your convenience. > > > > ------ > > > > Ok, perhaps some diplomatic wizard can fix that up. > > > > What do we need to do to prepare, in case they are actually interested? > > Will they want a demo of the OGD1? A detailed business plan? > > Something else? > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
