Reddit would probably be good, and maybe osnews.com. On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Timothy Normand Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> One of the points of contention I'm seeing is the issue of length. It's > one thing if slashdot rejects it. No big deal. What would be really bad > is if they were to edit it and mangle it so badly that they totally mislead > people, and then we'd have to do damage control. An alternative is to post > this somewhere else and then write our own shortened version to put on > slashdot, linking to the bigger article. So what's the best place to put > that? Reddit? Something else? > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:26 PM, gary sheppard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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) >>> >> >> > > > -- > Timothy Normand Miller, PhD > Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Binghamton University > http://www.cs.binghamton.edu/~millerti/ > Open Graphics Project >
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