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

["Sztupák Sz. Zsolt"]

2012.06.20. 13:10 keltezéssel, Gordan Bobic írta:
> On 06/20/2012 12:03 PM, "Sztupák Sz. Zsolt"<mail at sztupy.hu>" wrote:
>> 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.
> Given the popularity and relative frequency of use, I'd be more
> concerned about the lack of flash (as a nice little illustration that
> closed/proprietary software is no less evil than lack of features
> because the end result is the same).
>
> Gordan
>
>
In this context Flash and HTML5 are the same: processing (CPU+GPU) power 
hungry, and (mainly) 2D stuff.

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