Looks interesting. I had looked at that a week or so ago, and bookmarked it. Nice to see this momentum building.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Timothy Normand Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's another draft of the announcement: > > It seems like open source hardware has really begun to take off lately, > but this is because quite a few enthusiasts have been working for years on > some really cool projects, and they've reached a critical mass. Since > 2010, Jeff Bush (<a href="https://github.com/jbush001";>github</a>, <a > href="http://latchup.blogspot.com";>blog</a>) has been working on an > Apache-licensed open source GPU (<a href=" > https://github.com/jbush001/NyuziProcessor";>github</a>, <a href=" > http://nyuzi.org";>home page</a>), and he has a few other interesting > github projects as well (<a > href="https://github.com/jbush001/RotorCPU";>link</a>, > <a href="https://github.com/jbush001/LispMicrocontroller";>link</a>, <a > href="https://github.com/jbush001/os";>link</a>). The Nyuzi Processor is > a fully functional GPU. It is written in synthesizable Verilog, has a > functional <a href="https://github.com/jbush001/NyuziToolchain";>compiler > toolchain</a>, and comes with test suites, benchmarks, the software > component of 3D rendering engine, and more. Its development has been > gaining momentum in discussions (<a href=" > http://digitalfanatics.org/2015/03/follow-up-on-the-nyuzi-processor/";>link</a>, > <a href=" > http://listmaster.pepperfish.net/pipermail/lowrisc-dev-lists.lowrisc.org/2015-February/000068.html";>link</a>, > <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nyuzi-processor-dev";>Google > Group</a>) and coding projects (<a href=" > http://www.lowrisc.org/docs/gsoc-2015-ideas/";>gsoc</a>). It has been > implemented on an Altera FPGA, and there are some videos online of it > animating <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsvZorBu4Uk";>a > rotating teapot</a> and <a href=" > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIMMj4Zwqv0";>a Phong-shaded torus</a>, > along with the results of <a > href="http://i.imgur.com/sHAsAU5.png";>recently-added > mipmap support</a>. Recently, Jeff Bush got together with the founder of > the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Graphics_Project";>Open > Graphics Project</a>, and they co-wrote <a href=" > http://www.cs.binghamton.edu/~millerti/nyami-ispass2015.pdf";>a > peer-reviewed publication</a> about this GPU and some experiments they did, > which was recently presented at a well-respected academic CS conference (<a > href="http://www.ispass.org/ispass2015/";>ISPASS</a>). Although its > developer and other hobbyists are doing this for fun, academics and > engineers who specialize in GPU architecture are already showing interest > in using Nyuzi for their own research (e.g. <a href=" > http://www.slideshare.net/aj0612/sitcon2015";>link</a>, <a href=" > http://www.slideshare.net/aj0612/linux-runs-on-so-c-kit-board-with-the-gpgpu";>link</a>), > which gives them finally an open platform to estimate not just cycle count > but also clock frequency, energy, and circuit area effects of GPU design > experiments. > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Timothy Normand Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We presented our ISPASS paper this week, so we can go ahead and slashdot >> this. I've written a draft of what I'd like to post, and I'd like to get >> some feedback. Thanks! >> >> >> It seems like open source hardware has really begun to take off lately, >> but this is because quite a few enthusiasts have been working for years on >> some really cool projects, and they've reached a critical mass. Since >> 2010, Jeff Bush [link to something about Jeff or blog] has been working on >> an Apache-licensed open source GPU [links to Nyuzi], and he has several >> other interesting github projects as well [links]. The Nyuzi Processor is >> a fully functional GPU. It is written in synthesizable Verilog, has a >> functional compiler toolchain [link], and comes with test suites, >> benchmarks, the software component of 3D rendering engine, and more. Its >> development has been gaining momentum in discussions [links to some >> mentions on websites] and coding projects [Google summer of code]. There >> are some videos online of it animating a rotating teapot [ >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsvZorBu4Uk] and a Phong-shaded torus [ >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIMMj4Zwqv0], along with the results of >> recently-added mipmap support [http://i.imgur.com/sHAsAU5.png]. >> Recently, Jeff Bush got together with the founder of the Open Graphics >> Project [link to wikipedia], and they co-wrote a paper about this GPU and >> some experiments they did, which was recently presented at a well-respected >> academic CS conference [ >> http://www.cs.binghamton.edu/~millerti/nyami-ispass2015.pdf]. >> >> >> >> -- >> Timothy Normand Miller, PhD >> Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Binghamton University >> http://www.cs.binghamton.edu/~millerti/ >> Open Graphics Project >> > > > > -- > 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) >
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