On Dienstag, 17. Juni 2008, James wrote: > Hemmann, Volker Armin <volker.armin.hemmann <at> tu-clausthal.de> writes: > > > This comparison seems to rather neglect Intel. > > > > because Intel does not produce amd chipsets. > > > > > IMO Intel deserve our thanks for this for more than ATi or nVidia, > > > > and they deserve damnation for their monopolistic tactics, their > > artificially high prices, their copying of amd after bashing them for > > years. > > First, I did say something good about Intel. Look at my second post under > "VLSI perspective". Intel is winning the pure physics battle and could > easily put a gpGPU with a x86 (or compatible) chipset on a single > substrate, and work closely with the open source community to do the right > thing. The problem with Intel, is the founders have similar attitudes as > the Son of Satan (aka Bill Gates)..... > > Intel only responds to the open source community when it gets it's A_ _ > kicked in by AMD. (There is quite a lot of history here). Now that INTEL is > the current champion of the physics wars, the corporate idiots that run > Intel, will only marginally move to open source, until AMD heals up > financially. This is historically recurring theme (fact). > > > FAST FORWARD a few years..... > > gpGPU is ubiquitous and everywhere easily implemented (or at least in > my dreams). The average 3D video game on any platform uses less than > 10% of the gpGPU/processor. It will not matter who has more patents > in Stream/Cell/gpGPU court, because all hardware will exceed what the > majority of users need or want (from a gaming or work perspective). > > The DNA researchers, spoofs that track minutia about the planet's > inhabitants, etc, etc will care. But the average technoid making a living > whilst playing video games that look very real, will only care about one > thing. > > Who has been the nicest and friendliest to the opensource community? > > It's actually a dame shame, for me as an American, with Christian > tendencies. Intel nor microsuck lead where I want to follow. Corporations > elsewhere in the world attract me more (and you wonder why our great nation > is hated by many in the world?). I always spend my money > on systems where the corporate leaderships is the most appealing > (never an easy decision and not recommend to others as it is painful). > > I spend my money on AMD/ATI. > > > Like I said in the beginning, when we began this thread, > "All religious questions, imho" > > > Did you know that amd worked closely with linux developers when they > > developed the amd64 plattform? > > Now you are teasing me. I thought you recommended Nvidia? Oh, I just > realized, you took my advise and chose the best (easiest) contemporary > path. Good choice, as I cannot argue (effectively) against Nvidia. It's a > principled thing, for me.
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