AMD Releases Open-Source R600/700 3D Code

Michael writes "AMD has just released code that will allow for open-source 3D acceleration on their ATI R600 and R700 graphics cards, including all of their newest Radeon HD 4xxx products. This code consists of a demo program that feeds the commands to the hardware, updates to their RadeonHD driver, and a Direct Rendering Manager update. With this code comes working 2D EXA acceleration support for these newer ATI graphics processors as well as basic X-Video support. AMD will be releasing sanitized documentation for these new ATI GPUs in the coming weeks. Phoronix has an article detailing what's all encompassed by today's code drop as well as the activities that led to this open-source code coming about for release."

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this is either

[Rooked_One]

a move of desperation... or... wait... it can only be a move of desperation.

Or I guess it could be a moral move... but since when did companies do anything moral unless they have more money than they could ever spend (ala - gates foundation)

Re:this is either

[QuantumG]

I think you should put down the crack pipe.