[Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

[ronwirring at Safe-mail.net]

Best knowledge is, that new intel and amd processors cannot be reverse engineered. 
What in regard of the latest mali gpus?
If you have the money, they can be reverse engineered?

-------- Original Message --------
From: Lauri Kasanen <cand at gmx.com>
Apparently from: arm-netbook-bounces at lists.phcomp.co.uk
To: Linux on small ARM machines <arm-netbook at lists.phcomp.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?
Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 17:52:45 +0300

> On Mon, 8 May 2017 17:39:17 +0300
> Bill Kontos <vkontogpls at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Imagination is far from dead yet. They did a mistake when they based all of
> > their gpu income on apple, but their ip is rather advanced. Also on the
> > plus side there has been discussion about them open sourcing their drivers
> > a few months back and afterwards they hired new developers. I wouldn't be
> > surprised if they actually saw this coming and reacted before it happened.
> 
> They're openly considering selling MIPS, as well as other parts of
> them. That goes against knowing things would go this way.
> 
> - Lauri
> 
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