We need a cost-effective FPGA platform that can run this thing. I have a Mixxeo prototype (http://m-labs.hk/) with a XC6SLX45, any chance someone could help me get this code compiling and fitting on that size FPGA, or is it too big?
Let's stop thinking about 'cutting edge' performance for awhile, and work on 'does interesting things' on a platform like Mixxeo, and then we can have some running code that will eventually have cutting edge performance if put on a modern ASIC process. Hell, my primary use of GPUs right now is X11 cryptocurrency mining, and I know an FPGA can do that better. On Sun, Aug 03, 2014 at 08:34:53PM +0200, "Ing. Daniel Rozsnyó" wrote: > It *IS* the kickstarter code: > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/725991125/open-source-graphics-processor-gpu > > I have got the code from git and it contains references to 2 authors: > Frank Bruno > Jim MacLeod > > That leads to here: http://www.siliconspectrum.com/exec_team.htm > > Without *altera* and *sym* files, it is over 80K lines of verilog code. > > Daniel > > > On 08/03/2014 07:44 PM, Timothy Normand Miller wrote: > >I can't tell who did this latest GPU and without spending a bunch of > >time digging through code, I can't tell what its features are. Is there > >an actual GPU in there, or is it just memory and video controllers? > > What kind of rendering can it do? The blog seems to imply that 2D > >isn't even working. We could do a dumb framebuffer in 2007. There were > >some people from Silicon Spectrum (that bought the IP from Number Nine) > >who were looking at putting their design into the open source, and I > >think they did a kickstarter. But I can't easily find any info on the > >identity of the people who are doing this one. > > > >Sometimes I worry that the OGP may have inadvertently caused some > >trouble, because every time someone else tries to do the open source GPU > >thing, the response from the community is "been there, didn't do it." > > > >If we had a synthesizable design in Verilog that COULD perform at > >cutting edge performance, if only we could put it in a cutting edge chip > >technology, then that might help. I have bits and pieces, but I haven't > >had time to work on it. > > > >Currently, we've got a paper written that we're submitting for > >publication. It involves an open source GPU developed by another member > >of OGML. And we're looking at doing some other research in that area. > > Once we have a few papers, we can apply for grants. We did try to get > >one masters student to work on OGA2's ALU, but that didn't work out very > >well. If we can get funding, then we can justify spending a lot more > >time on it ourselves, along with funding students. There's lots of room > >for research on GPUs, and one or more completed synthesizable GPUs will > >emerge as byproducts. Currently, we have a graduate student collecting > >the latest research on GPU memory systems (virtual memory, exceptions, > >page faults, TLBs, etc.). > > > > > > > > > >On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Dieter BSD <[email protected] > ><mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > There is another system. > > > > > The "GPLGPU" source-code is out as a GPLv3-licensed Verilog > > design to a > > > graphics engine. > > > > > The Verilog was tested on a Synopsys VCS simulator and the > > > Mentor Graphics Modelsim Questasim while it should be possible to > > > develop an ASIC around it or run it off an FPGA. > > > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTc1NDY > > http://gplgpu.com/ > > > > Let the compare-and-contrast discussions and class assignments begin. > > _______________________________________________ > > Open-graphics mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com > > <http://www.duskglow.com>) > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Timothy Normand Miller, PhD > >Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Binghamton University > >http://www.cs.binghamton.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) > > > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Troy Benjegerdes 'da hozer' [email protected] 7 elements earth::water::air::fire::mind::spirit::soul grid.coop Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel, nor try buy a hacker who makes money by the megahash _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
