[Arm-netbook] http://lateral.netmanagers.com.ar/weblog/posts/the-raspberry-pi-suck s.html

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2012.06.20. 12:59 keltezéssel, Gordan Bobic írta:
> On 06/20/2012 11:25 AM, Lauri Kasanen wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:16:13 +0100
>> Gordan Bobic<gordan at bobich.net>   wrote:
>>
>>> If that is such a big issue (and it is certainly not a trivial issue),
>>> then maybe pursuing an ARM solution is wrong in the first place and we
>>> should be pursuing a solution based on Loongson MIPS, a-la Leemote
>>> Yeeloong or similar.
>> They haven't (yet?) made any graphics chips. The laptops use 2d-only chips from SMI, with open specs; the desktops use XGI chips, without open specs but with a RE-d open 2d driver IIRC.
>>
>> So no magic open 3d with Loongson either.
> I have not yet heard a compelling argument for why 3D is actually
> needed. A lightweight ARM laptop isn't going to be a gaming rig by any
> length of imagination anyway. An ARM server isn't going to need graphics
> of any description at all.
>
> Why the ongoing hang-up about 3D graphics? Seriously, what is the point?
>
> Gordan
>
OpenGL is also used for hardware acceleration for 2D graphics, so it is 
also usable for non-gaming apps. And the more HTML5-heavy sites there 
are the more hardware acceleration is needed for them.

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