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Old January 25th, 2008, 11:21 PM
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A Power/x86 combo processor?
You mean the heavily rumored PowerPC 615 from 10 years ago?
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Old January 25th, 2008, 11:24 PM
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You mean the heavily rumored PowerPC 615 from 10 years ago?
Well.. Now it's their chance.
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I take it a purchase of Amd would also include ATi in the deal?
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Old January 26th, 2008, 12:41 PM
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I take it a purchase of Amd would also include ATi in the deal?
You bet, IBM is going to be HUGE!
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Old January 26th, 2008, 03:57 PM
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You bet, IBM is going to be HUGE!
Hopefully they'll drive ATi in the right direction then i.e. Better Linux support, better hardware.
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Old January 26th, 2008, 05:22 PM
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It is kinda funny because when AMD purchased ATI, the market value was the sum of both companies. Over the past year, AMD's stock has been being hammered and now the company's value is about were it was before ATI was purchased. So IBM buying AMD would effectively be like getting ATI for free.

I will say that AMD has been improving Linux and support for operating systems outside of Windows. All AMD drivers now share the same OpenGL core regardless of platform.

Better hardware is a given. The Radeon HD 2900 was too far along in development for AMD to have any impact on its design. The Radeon 3800 line may have had a little AMD influence. It is the chips beyond this that AMD could have some serious influence.
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ATi's support of Linux is still shoddy. They need to release more technical documentation, because FGLRX just doesn't cut the mustard.
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ATi's support of Linux is still shoddy. They need to release more technical documentation, because FGLRX just doesn't cut the mustard.
That's all the FSF is asking for! If ATI gave them the documentation for the hardware they'll write the drivers, unfortunately non of the hardware companies are willing to open up their designs!
I believe IBM and SUN are the only exceptions.
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ATi's support of Linux is still shoddy. They need to release more technical documentation, because FGLRX just doesn't cut the mustard.

Are these technical enough for you?
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Only covers a few of the GPUs. There's nowhere near enough documentation to create an open-source driver. The only reliable way to get that info is to reverse-engineer, which hinders progress.
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