Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | 1 Sep 2005 16:39:58 -0000 | From | Andreas Hauser <> | Subject | Re: State of Linux graphics |
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jg wrote @ Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:59:33 -0400:
> Legacy hardware and that being proposed/built for the developing world > is tougher; we have code in hand for existing chips, and the price point > is even well below cell phones on those devices. They don't have > anything beyond basic blit and, miracles of miracles, alpha blending. > These are built on one or two generation back fabs, again for cost. > And as there are no carriers subsidizing the hardware cost, the real > hardware cost has to be met, at very low price points. They don't come > with the features Allen admires in the latest cell phone chips.
So you suggest, that we, that have capable cards, which can be had for < 50 Euro here, see that we find something better than X.org to run on them because X.org is concentrating on < 10 Euro chips? Somehow i always thought that older xfree86 trees were just fine for them.
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