From: "Kendall Bennett" <KendallB@scitechsoft.com>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable?
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:30:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4177ABC9.8291.20E9CB7A@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910410201808c0796c8@mail.gmail.com>
Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have heard a lot of complaints from embedded people about having
> few choices for graphics chips. Many of the low end chips from
> ATI/NVidia are no longer in production and you are forced into
> buying more chip than you want. You should ask about this on
> embedded developer lists.
Most embedded customers care less about overall performance of the
graphics hardware but more about low cost, low power and longevity. That
is the reason that ATI committed to continue production of the Radeon
Mobility M1 for many years to come. That is also the reason the Chips &
Tech (now Asiliant) 6900 chipset is so popular for embedded customers,
because they have been using the same hardware for years (but now that
the 69000 is winding down, many are moving to the Mobility M1).
So the biggest hurdle with selling a solution such as this to the
embedded market is going to be customer confidence that if they invest
the time and energy building a solution around a particular chip, that
the chip will still be around for them to purchase from the suppler in 5-
7 years time. If the company is small and not well known, that might be a
problem.
Then again if the solution is 'Open' so that the customer could second
source it from a different vendor, you may get a lot of traction in the
embedded space. So that might be an angle to play.
Regards,
---
Kendall Bennett
Chief Executive Officer
SciTech Software, Inc.
Phone: (530) 894 8400
http://www.scitechsoft.com
~ SciTech SNAP - The future of device driver technology! ~
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-21 19:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 165+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-20 22:02 HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? Timothy Miller
2004-10-20 22:17 ` Andre Eisenbach
2004-10-21 1:31 ` Jon Valvatne
2004-10-21 16:09 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-24 19:47 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-20 22:19 ` HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? [u] Martin Schlemmer [c]
2004-10-24 8:24 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-24 14:26 ` Martin Schlemmer [c]
2004-10-20 22:26 ` HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? David Lang
2004-10-21 14:46 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 17:25 ` David Lang
2004-10-21 18:15 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 18:32 ` Antonio Vargas
2004-10-22 9:53 ` Raphael Jacquot
2004-10-24 9:03 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-25 1:33 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-25 1:48 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-25 2:29 ` Gene Heskett
2004-10-22 10:16 ` Christian Leber
2004-10-22 17:31 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 19:30 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-22 17:05 ` Tobias Diedrich
2004-10-22 17:12 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-26 2:36 ` Dave Airlie
2004-10-26 3:55 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-20 22:28 ` Jim Nelson
2004-10-21 14:51 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 22:03 ` Jim Nelson
2004-10-20 22:29 ` Kasper Sandberg
2004-10-21 14:53 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:06 ` Simon Braunschmidt
2004-10-21 18:00 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-20 23:10 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-21 15:10 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:25 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21 18:03 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:32 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-21 19:30 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-22 17:15 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 1:08 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21 1:11 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21 2:00 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-21 16:08 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 16:34 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-21 23:38 ` Jan Knutar
2004-10-22 4:30 ` Jan Rychter
2004-10-22 17:00 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 17:00 ` Chris Friesen
2004-10-22 18:47 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 19:22 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 19:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 19:56 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 20:43 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 20:27 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-23 17:20 ` Francois Romieu
2004-10-23 21:17 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-24 0:06 ` Francois Romieu
2004-10-22 20:51 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 19:32 ` Roland Dreier
2004-10-24 10:40 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-25 15:39 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 21:57 ` J.A. Magallon
2004-10-22 9:48 ` Raphael Jacquot
2004-10-21 20:23 ` "Fernando O. Korndörfer"
2004-10-22 9:02 ` Raphael Jacquot
2004-10-21 15:13 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:36 ` Shaun Kruger
2004-10-21 18:05 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 19:30 ` Kendall Bennett [this message]
2004-10-22 8:49 ` Adrian Cox
2004-10-22 20:10 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-23 13:17 ` Adrian Cox
2004-10-22 20:10 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-22 22:07 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-24 10:45 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-25 15:47 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-28 9:07 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-29 16:00 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 1:48 ` HARDWARE:Graphics Cards or TOE? Nuno Silva
2004-10-26 20:50 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 2:29 ` HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? Kurt Wall
2004-10-21 16:10 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 16:22 ` Pascal Patry
2004-10-21 12:20 ` Adrian Bunk
2004-10-21 13:14 ` Simon Braunschmidt
2004-10-21 17:34 ` Jurriaan
2004-10-21 16:26 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 17:42 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-21 19:09 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 17:53 ` Tobias Diedrich
2004-10-21 23:02 ` Florian Schmidt
2004-10-24 1:04 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-22 1:08 ` Rene Herman
2004-10-23 5:40 ` Kevin Puetz
2004-10-23 17:02 ` Rene Herman
2004-10-23 22:19 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-24 11:10 ` Rene Herman
2004-10-22 10:57 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-22 19:47 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-10-22 20:15 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-10-25 15:29 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-25 15:53 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-25 16:32 ` Giuliano Pochini
2004-10-28 9:37 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-28 11:40 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-28 12:21 ` David Greaves
2004-10-29 16:04 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 22:27 ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2004-10-23 14:36 ` Markus Törnqvist
2004-10-24 8:18 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-25 11:54 ` Stuart Longland
2004-10-25 16:38 ` Lars Roland
2004-10-25 17:08 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-26 21:02 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-26 21:38 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-25 22:52 ` Tonnerre
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-10-20 23:48 Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 0:30 ` J.A. Magallon
2004-10-21 0:47 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 20:09 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-21 1:25 ` Zan Lynx
2004-10-21 15:52 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 4:48 Albert Cahalan
2004-10-21 16:19 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:54 John Ripley
2004-10-21 18:09 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 21:32 ` Baruch Even
2004-10-25 23:30 ` Werner Almesberger
2004-10-21 17:08 Greg Buchholz
2004-10-22 2:18 ` Tim Connors
2004-10-21 17:44 John Ripley
2004-10-21 18:26 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 21:36 ` Greg Buchholz
2004-10-21 22:40 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 23:25 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21 23:40 ` Greg Buchholz
2004-10-22 16:48 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 16:50 ` Chris Friesen
2004-10-22 17:41 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-25 23:10 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-26 0:32 ` Werner Almesberger
2004-10-22 15:59 ` Troy Benjegerdes
2004-10-22 3:47 Roy Butler
2004-10-22 17:04 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-24 18:17 ` Mail Lists
2004-10-25 12:17 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2004-10-22 10:31 John Ripley
2004-10-22 12:58 ` Moritz Muehlenhoff
2004-10-22 17:33 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 17:15 Stephen Lewis
2004-10-23 4:45 ` Gene Heskett
2004-10-23 7:06 ` Stephen Lewis
2004-10-23 19:06 Bodo Eggert
2004-10-25 1:44 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-25 8:23 ` Vojtech Pavlik
[not found] <6.1.2.0.1.20041026082223.0231edd8@mail.javagear.com>
2004-10-26 15:44 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-26 16:35 ` Jesper Juhl
2004-10-26 16:57 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-26 21:14 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-26 21:41 ` Timothy Miller
2004-11-17 14:35 Sid Boyce
2004-11-17 14:46 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-11-23 13:47 ` Karel Kulhavy
2004-11-23 22:48 ` Timothy Miller
2004-11-24 1:22 ` Sid Boyce
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