On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 08:22:33AM -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
Its more an inevitability than the reverse. Commoditisation means
that very
soon all the 'must keep secret' IP will be only relevant to real time
ray tracing. What happens to the Radeon 9800 when Intel 9xx/VIA/etc graphics
on chip are good enough for gamers. Leading-edge video will be for VR nuts.
Yes -- this is what'll save us eventually. Remember when on-board sound was
a joke and if you actually wanted to listen to something besides blips and
beeps you bought an add-on sound card? Now, pretty much only people actually
working with audio for a professional reason (or hardcore hobby reason) need
to buy a sound card. This day will come with video too.
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