I am very interested in progressing this / these projects. What we need is for some Timothy, amongst others, to weigh in. Team. It can only happen if _Team_ comes together in focus.
Gary On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 12:20 AM, Troy Benjegerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) > >
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