Yummy new CPU/GPU combo

[Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)]

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:54:20 -0400 "Kevin Dean" <kevin at foreverdean.info> babbled:

> With Nouveau, wouldn't it give a future device video performance that
> equals or surpasses the current XGlamo?

who says that the chip even resembles the desktop ones in terms of how it can
be driven? just because it bears the same brandname does not mean it has the
same register api etc. etc. :) not to mention that the hardware specs as such
are not open - nor even available under nda for the purpose of writing open
drivers - which leaves the long painful road of reverse engineering and taking
what you can get - if/when you can get it... if ever... :)

again - without the details and specs it's all speculation... and without
them... it's not open :)

> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 3:06 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
> <raster at openmoko.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:12:30 -0400 "Lally Singh" <lally.singh at gmail.com>
> > babbled:
> >
> > the day nvidia comes with open drivers for this... we can begin to take an
> > interest :)
> >
> >> Seen this?
> >>
> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7430768.stm
> >> http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/nvidia-launches-tegra-hopes-to-change-the-smartphone-mid-game/
> >>
> >> "The Tegra line will be all-in-one, integrated systems on a chip,
> >> containing an 800MHz ARM CPU, GeForce GPU, image processor, HD video
> >> processor, and controllers for all other aspects of core operations
> >> (memory, USB ports, communication) -- in a package about the size of a
> >> dime.
> >>
> >> The range will come in two varieties to start -- the Tegra 600 and the
> >> Tegra 650. Both chips can run games like Quake 3 with full filters and
> >> anti-aliasing at rates of more than 40 FPS, and will support 1080p
> >> HDMI, WSXGA+ LCD or CRT, and NTSC/PAL TV outs."
> >>
> >> It's still ARM based, so it should work with OM.  It'll run Android if
> >> you want, and may end up with a slightly smaller phone, as it
> >> integrates the GPU.
> >>
> >> --
> >> H. Lally Singh
> >> Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science
> >> Virginia Tech
> >>
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