Re: Kickstarter: Open Source Graphics Processor (GPU)

2013-10-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 09.10.2013 um 22:29 schrieb Raphael Wimmer: Sounds interesting (in the long term): Complete Verilog implementation of a 2D/ 3D graphics processor capable of OpenGL and D3D w/ full test suite http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/725991125/open-source-graphics-processor-gpu Oh, yes. That

Re: Kickstarter: Open Source Graphics Processor (GPU)

2013-10-12 Thread Ian Stirling
On 10/12/2013 05:43 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: The main fear I have is that there is not enough funding because nobody can really use it in daily work without investing another lots of money (to integrate the FPGA with something). BR, Nikolaus Speaking in generalities - FPGAs use

Re: Kickstarter: Open Source Graphics Processor (GPU)

2013-10-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 12.10.2013 um 19:23 schrieb Ian Stirling: On 10/12/2013 05:43 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: The main fear I have is that there is not enough funding because nobody can really use it in daily work without investing another lots of money (to integrate the FPGA with something). BR,

Re: Kickstarter: Open Source Graphics Processor (GPU)

2013-10-12 Thread Balint Szente
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 19:31:13 +0200 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Has anyone experience with the Zynq-7000? It has dual Cortex A9 with VFP/Neon - but apparently lacks a GPU... Such a combination could be comparable with OMAP3/4 in computation power. Exactly, it has just a

Re: Kickstarter: Open Source Graphics Processor (GPU)

2013-10-12 Thread Joerg Eesmann
On Sat, 2013-10-12 at 21:49 +0300, Balint Szente wrote: On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 19:31:13 +0200 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Has anyone experience with the Zynq-7000? It has dual Cortex A9 with VFP/Neon - but apparently lacks a GPU... Such a combination could be

Kickstarter: Open Source Graphics Processor (GPU)

2013-10-09 Thread Raphael Wimmer
Sounds interesting (in the long term): Complete Verilog implementation of a 2D/ 3D graphics processor capable of OpenGL and D3D w/ full test suite http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/725991125/open-source-graphics-processor-gpu Should work with both Altera and Xilinx FPGAs Goals: $200k for