On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:31:02 +0100, Nicolas Boulay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le lundi 21 F�vrier 2005 22:20, Timothy Miller a �crit : > > I had mentioned earlier that I've been tied up with the business > > aspects of the OGP, and I thought some of you might be interested in > > hearing about what's going on and have some discussion on it. > > > > Our research indicates the best potential for success is with a > > two-pronged approach. One is to sell an ASIC in bulk for embedded > > systems, and the other is a PCB-based version for retail. As such, we > > have turned our attention, for the moment, to the embedded market > > where we and others feel that we can sell the highest volumes. To > > compete in that market, of course, we will have to develop an ASIC. > > As such, that will likely be the new primary direction of the OGP. > > You don't plan to tape out an asic by end of june ?! > > The fpga board could help debugging, and if you're lucky asic could be ready > for decembre. > > But don't forget, the debugging that need to be done. Software model did not > replace engenering model.
There is still a very strong possibility of having the FPGA prototype available in a timeframe like this. You won't mind if it's a month or two behind schedule, will you? :) The issue here is not to just have a good idea but to have a very solid business plan that is robust and guarantees a long life for the product line. The last thing we want is to mispredict something and have everything flop, leaving everyone who has contributed here left with nothing for their efforts. I have a responsibility to everyone to make this a success, even if that means there are some delays. That involves a lot of hard work on the business side, which we are doing at this moment. As the project business plan fills out, things are looking more and more like what makes a strong, successful product line. But to get it there, we've had to reevaluate some of our assumptions. Nevertheless, we are 100% dedicated to both the project and the open source approach. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
