Technology

That's fair. I'm hoping for the best outcome.

If they never release the source, including all the fpga verilog files then this is pointless to the open source community.

Edit: actually I just realized my comment is kind of pointless. Even if he released the fpga source code, a thing a lot of projects like these never do, it still wouldn't be possible to reproduce one of these using only free and open source software. This is because the only fpgas that let you program them using open source software and not a locked-down windows-only bloatfuck program that needs an internet connection and licensing are the lattice ice40 fpgas. Tl;dr this can't be fully "open source".

I wonder if it would be possible to make an ice 40 based video card that could still do opengl.

I'd be willing to help fund a lawyer reviewing things to ensure it can be open sourced.

FurryGPUwU

Same, I wasn't surprised either. I could see a furry making a GPU for fun

Something something furmark

Yeah, why don't they lean into it and call it FurryGPU much better.

one of us...?

That would be disgusting.

FPGA

Awww, I thought this was an ASIC. Slapping an FPGA on a PCIe card is decidedly less cool. Still, props for creating a usable GPU circuit description, that must have been a nightmare.

Or Xonotic

The way people dress, Quake, it's 1996!

Somebody rolled a five or an eight!

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Found this demo

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

You're not supposed to be anything. It's a pretty cool feat by one person though.

You should be impressed. Integrated circuits are insanely complex, and any general purpose processing hardware since the 90s is way too complicated for the human mind to comprehend.

Open sourced physical technology is only in its infancy, you may be exited about this trend.

Ive seen open sourced hacking tools, openassistant wireless connectors, complete keyboards.

Its about time someone started on open sourced proper pc hardware, no matter of how small scale it starts.

Imagine a future where you can 3d print a 2d printer and its refillable cartridges at home, with extensive manuals on diy repairs and maintenance and no costs beyond the raw resources and your time.

Open source demonstrates humans cooperating with no profit insensitive. Exactly what capitalism calls impossible. When i first learned about linux it felt incredibly lacking compared to windows, nowadays its my main os, its surpassed windows in anything except good Nvidia drivers.

If you're not interested then no, you shouldn't be excited about it.