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<p>Heya,</p>
<p>I'll put in a little word for OpenPOWER [0] here, while I'm no
longer involved as a day job I think having a mature second (and
arguably higher performance) Libre ISA in the mix is a good
thing. <br>
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<p>There are a few different FPGA and Silicon implementations
rattling around [1][2] and as folk may be aware, much of the Linux
[3] support originates from the OzLabs team in Canberra [4].</p>
<p>Cheers,<br>
Hugh</p>
<p>[0] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPOWER_Foundation">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPOWER_Foundation</a><br>
[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://libre-soc.org/">https://libre-soc.org/</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPOWER_Microwatt">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPOWER_Microwatt</a><br>
[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ppc64">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ppc64</a><br>
[4] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ozlabs.org/">https://ozlabs.org/</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/3/23 16:57, James Cameron via
linux-aus wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 11:45:28AM +1000, Adam Nielsen via linux-aus wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">[...] One of the big sticking points with the Pi was that the
graphics hardware was closed for a long time, and it took years
before Broadcom could be convinced to release documentation for it.
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It's not easy. Sometimes the IP for graphics doesn't originate within
the supplier, but with some other company, and the documentation isn't
open. RISC-V could easily go the same way if someone combines closed
graphics IP with it in a product that wins in the market. Make sure
you select products with open IP all the way through the silicon.
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