Best knowledge is, that new intel and amd processors cannot be reverse engineered. What in regard of the latest mali gpus? If you have the money, they can be reverse engineered?
-------- Original Message -------- From: Lauri Kasanen cand@gmx.com Apparently from: arm-netbook-bounces@lists.phcomp.co.uk To: Linux on small ARM machines arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed? Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 17:52:45 +0300
On Mon, 8 May 2017 17:39:17 +0300 Bill Kontos vkontogpls@gmail.com wrote:
Imagination is far from dead yet. They did a mistake when they based all of their gpu income on apple, but their ip is rather advanced. Also on the plus side there has been discussion about them open sourcing their drivers a few months back and afterwards they hired new developers. I wouldn't be surprised if they actually saw this coming and reacted before it happened.
They're openly considering selling MIPS, as well as other parts of them. That goes against knowing things would go this way.
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On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:27 PM, ronwirring@safe-mail.net wrote:
Best knowledge is, that new intel and amd processors cannot be reverse engineered. What in regard of the latest mali gpus? If you have the money, they can be reverse engineered?
yes. about $150k would do it. but the question is, really: what would happen if you did? and, what else could you do with the same money?
well, with the same money it would be possible to make our own libre processor, with enough extensions to be able to do 3D graphics *without* paying anyone a cent. any company tries to claim patent royalties, all that happens is a search is made on their "claims", for anything similar that has prior art.
if it's another company, guess what? we notify that other company and watch the fireworks...
l.
Quick give this man $150K for a libre CPU
On 8 May 2017 18:43:07 GMT+03:00, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@lkcl.net wrote:
On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:27 PM, ronwirring@safe-mail.net wrote:
Best knowledge is, that new intel and amd processors cannot be
reverse engineered.
What in regard of the latest mali gpus? If you have the money, they can be reverse engineered?
yes. about $150k would do it. but the question is, really: what would happen if you did? and, what else could you do with the same money?
well, with the same money it would be possible to make our own libre processor, with enough extensions to be able to do 3D graphics *without* paying anyone a cent. any company tries to claim patent royalties, all that happens is a search is made on their "claims", for anything similar that has prior art.
if it's another company, guess what? we notify that other company and watch the fireworks...
l.
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On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 6:24 AM, Allan Mwenda allanitomwesh@gmail.com wrote:
Quick give this man $150K for a libre CPU
:)
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