LXer: Future AMD GPUs To Be More Open-Source Friendly

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12-30-2007, 01:10 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,602 Rep:	LXer: Future AMD GPUs To Be More Open-Source Friendly Published at LXer: AMD is on the heels of releasing the next set of GPU programming documentation to aide in the development of the open-source R500/600 drivers (xf86-video-ati and xf86-video-radeonhd). It's already been discussed what this NDA-free documentation release will have, but one of the questions that have repeatedly come up is if/when AMD will release information on accelerated video playback. AMD's John Bridgman has now stated what they plan to release in the video realm as well as a new requirement for their future graphics processors: being open-source friendly while avoiding DRM. Read More...

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