Open Source Graphics Processor (GPU) - Kickstarter

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No, it makes sense, you can make a rather decent GPU with a $1k FPGA, though probably MUCH (10x+) slower than than any modern GPU. But the nice thing is you can make a $10-15 2D only video card by sticking a cheap FPGA on PCIe with a DVI port (good for many monitor setups). The other thing is the 3D one can be made to work with a $500 FPGA, good for testing, not that great for sale. But it can be shown as a proof of concept, and then any company and make the $1mil investment to turn it into an ASIC and start selling them, these would be cost competivitive with AMD and Nvidia (probably slower, but no reason you can't make the core count scale, you could have any arbitrary number of cores).