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

[Adam Jiang]

2012/6/20 "Sztupák Sz. Zsolt" <mail at sztupy.hu>:
> 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.

How about the video decoding on A10? Is this done by GPU too? If the
answer is yes, then there might be a problem to get hardware
acceleration on video playback.

/Adam

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