For video, check out: http://wiki.duskglow.com/tiki-index.php?page=Open-Graphics I think It's been going on for a couple of years now.
As for FPGA's, a high end Virtex+ builtin Dual PPC cores gets you there pretty fast. Only problem is the price (for the chips and the software). Not sure how well a spartan-level fpga would work out as SOC or chipset. But the price is right (free software, relatively cheap chip). Check out: http://www.fpga4fun.com > > this is part of a bigger issue. I am thinking of starting a project > called System Libre (a take on software libre) which would be open from > the ground up. This is a response to many bad trends in our business, > where the systems are gradually getting locked up (xbox, EFI, etc.) and > we can't do much with them. So I like your idea. > > ron > > -- > linuxbios mailing list > linuxbios@linuxbios.org > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios