Intel Starts Publishing Open-Source Linux Driver Code for Discrete GPUs
Finally. Options!! Back in the day we had 3Dfx (went under and sold to nVidia), PowerVR (They're still around. They're probably the GPU chip in your cellphone), Intel i740, and the AMD Radeon. nVidia broke in to the market with the Riva/Vanta/TNT cards. Hell even Trident had some Direct3D/opengl chips. For the past several years we've been down to just the big two (although Intel integrated has held up, even for some medium gaming and indie titles).<p>5+ was probably too many to support by most game devs, but 3 would be nice and solid. It's also nice that we'll have another player besides AMD that actually gives a shit about Linux/OSS drivers. nVidia might finally be forced to open up and contribute to Nouveau and bring it up to par with amdgpu. The future could be a team green, team red and team blue. Intel has killed the discrete graphics projects before though. So we'll have to wait and see.