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| ATI Made Opensource ! ! ! by Ralvy(op): 6:45pm On Sep 11, 2007 |
"It's been a rumour for several weeks, but now it's confirmed: AMD buys ATI. What implications is this merger going to have for the hardware market?" AMD will be providing NDA specifications, an open-source library, and there is a new open-source graphics driver as a result. AMD will continue producing a closed-source proprietary driver; however, they are opening the source-code to a critical library with accompanying GPU specifications for X.Org developers. From the article: "A baseline driver should be available next week and there is already a community of developers in hand with AMD's GPG documentation. The driver that will be made available is comparable to the Avivo driver, but it should be excelling at a much faster rate." That will be an open-source driver for the R500 and R600 GPUs! As mentioned in the article, AMD is paying Novell to do some of the work. |
| Re: ATI Made Opensource ! ! ! by bigrovar(m): 7:17pm On Sep 11, 2007 |
OMO Thats is Great News FInally ATI is feeling the pressure, this is great new for the community |
| Re: ATI Made Opensource ! ! ! by adewaleafolabi(m): 10:29pm On Sep 11, 2007 |
Intel open source, Ati then Nvidia is on the way. |
| Re: ATI Made Opensource ! ! ! by bigrovar(m): 6:57am On Sep 14, 2007 |
there did have a choice , Does who impose analogue rules on a digital world would find themselves on the wrong side of the tidal wave |
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