____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 11 September 2007 11:01 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> AMD: GPU Specifications Without NDAs!
>>
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>>| This morning at the X Developer Summit in the United Kingdom, Matthew
>>| Tippett and John Bridgman of AMD have announced that they will be releasing
>>| their ATI GPU specifications without any Non-Disclosure Agreements needed
>>| by the developers! In other words, their GPU specifications will be given
>>| to developers in the open.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjA0Ng
>>
>> Wow. Let's see NVidia topping /that/. AMD is in the headlines at the moment
>> because of their new products...
>>
>
> This is very much about survival, I think. Anyone know if there are any
> ATI cards supported by OSX for PPC macs? I could replace the nVidia
> card in there and look to get openGL working in linux. That would be
> super excellent.
67% of the graphics cards out there (roughly speaking) are now open source
(driver side). It was more like 0% last year, unless you used some of the more
experimental projects.
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