X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=shakti%2Fm_class%2Flibre_3d_gpu.mdwn;h=2116ba3d088a38601561b77064b944eec0e1c0bc;hb=6a9a19ce970ef64cd9de2f9cba2ccb93b454cf3d;hp=5d1f5d274d4b759736d34c1a5aaa71c731cc99c8;hpb=4894bd75d121bca8e580b3ee81dc7560cf3f9315;p=libreriscv.git diff --git a/shakti/m_class/libre_3d_gpu.mdwn b/shakti/m_class/libre_3d_gpu.mdwn index 5d1f5d274..2116ba3d0 100644 --- a/shakti/m_class/libre_3d_gpu.mdwn +++ b/shakti/m_class/libre_3d_gpu.mdwn @@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ As I mention in the above page, one of the problems with doing a completely sepa Will that approach work? Honestly I have absolutely no idea, but it would be a fascinating and extremely ambitious research project. -Can we get people to fund it? Yeah I do. there's a lot of buzz about RISC-V, and a lot of buzz can be created about a libre 3D GPU. If that same GPU happens to be good at doing crypto-currency mining there will be a LOT more attention paid, particularly given that people have noticed that relying on proprietary GPUs and CPUs to manage billions of dollars worth of crypto-currency, when the NSA is *known* to have blackmailed intel into putting a spying back-door co-processor in to x86, and that it miiight not be a good idea to trust proprietary hardware +Can we get people to fund it? Yeah I do. there's a lot of buzz about RISC-V, and a lot of buzz can be created about a libre 3D GPU. If that same GPU happens to be good at doing crypto-currency mining there will be a LOT more attention paid, particularly given that people have noticed that relying on proprietary GPUs and CPUs to manage billions of dollars worth of crypto-currency, when the NSA is *known* to have blackmailed intel into putting a spying back-door co-processor in to x86, and that it miiight not be a good idea to trust proprietary hardware: - + ## Q & A