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ATI/AMD's New Open-Source Strategy Explained
Sep 9, 2007, 20 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (8709 reads)

(Other stories by Michael Larabel)

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"Yesterday when talking about the new ATI Linux driver, AMD's press release had stated: 'In the coming months AMD also plans to accelerate efforts to address the needs of the open source community as well.' A few hints were dropped yesterday, but what we didn't tell you is that the announcement wouldn't be in a few months, but really just a few hours. The embargo is lifted so we can now share with you what AMD's new open-source strategy for ATI GPUs is all about. You may be in for a real surprise!

"Rumors and speculations have been flying around for months about ATI/AMD opening up the source-code to their Linux display driver or providing their GPU specifications to community developers..."

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I'm happy to see ATI putting in for  ...   And everybody should win   
dave
Sep 9, 2007, 22:32:31
 
> I'm happy to see ATI putting in fo ...   Re: And everybody should win   
Robert C. Miller
Sep 10, 2007, 03:20:34
 
I would like to see Phoronix benchmark t ...   Comparisons   
Tony OBryan
Sep 10, 2007, 11:57:17
 
Thank you AMD/ATI. Thank you AMD/ATI.Its ...   Yes!   
philc
Sep 11, 2007, 01:50:54
 
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