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The Open Graphics Project (OGP) was founded with the goal to design an open-source hardware / open architecture and standard for graphics cards, primarily targeting free software / open-source operating systems. The project created a reprogrammable development and prototyping board and had aimed to eventually produce a full-featured and competitive end-user graphics card.
Open Graphics Project
Commercial?
Yes
Type of project
Open hardware
Website
wiki.opengraphics.org at the Wayback Machine (archived June 9, 2010)
The project's first product was a PCI graphics card dubbed OGD1, which used a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) chip. Although the card did not have the same level of performance or functionality as graphics cards on the market at the time, it was intended to be useful as a tool for prototyping the project's first application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) board, as well as for other professionals needing programmable graphics cards or FPGA-based prototyping boards. It was also hoped that this prototype would attract enough interest to gain some profit and attract investors for the next card, since it was expected to cost around US$2,000,000 to start the production of a specialized ASIC design. PCI Express and/or Mini-PCI variations were planned to follow. The OGD1 began shipping in September 2010,[1] some six years after the project began and 3 years after the appearance of the first prototypes.[2]
Full specifications will be published and open-source device drivers will be released. All RTL will be released. Source code to the device drivers and BIOS will be released under the MIT and BSD licenses. The RTL (in Verilog) used for the FPGA and the RTL used for the ASIC are planned to be released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
It has 256 MiB of DDR RAM, is passively cooled, and follows the DDC, EDID, DPMS and VBE VESA standards. TV-out is also planned.
^. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^. The Inquirer. Archived from the original on 15 January 2007.
^ . Open Graphics wiki. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
External linksedit
The official Open Graphics wiki archived at the Wayback Machine June 9, 2010
Jeremy Andrews (1 March 2006). "Hardware: Open Graphics Development Board Pricing". KernelTrap. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
Project VGA – another free graphics core project, aiming at cheaper hardware
Manticore – an older FPGA-based free graphics core implementation. As of 2009-05-04 no source is available.
The master thesis "An FPGA-based 3D Graphics System" illustrates very well the design decisions to make, while developing a FPGA-based 3D graphics core.
The master thesis "" gives a more complete and hands-on approach of some aspects.
January 01, 1970
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This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information February 2011 The Open Graphics Project OGP was founded with the goal to design an open source hardware open architecture and standard for graphics cards primarily targeting free software open source operating systems The project created a reprogrammable development and prototyping board and had aimed to eventually produce a full featured and competitive end user graphics card Open Graphics ProjectCommercial YesType of projectOpen hardwareWebsitewiki opengraphics org at the Wayback Machine archived June 9 2010 Open Graphics Development board artwork Contents 1 OGD1 1 1 Versioning schema 1 2 OGD1 components 2 Divisions terms related to OGP 3 Current status 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksOGD1 edit nbsp OGD1 prototype OGD1 256DDAV The project s first product was a PCI graphics card dubbed OGD1 which used a field programmable gate array FPGA chip Although the card did not have the same level of performance or functionality as graphics cards on the market at the time it was intended to be useful as a tool for prototyping the project s first application specific integrated circuit ASIC board as well as for other professionals needing programmable graphics cards or FPGA based prototyping boards It was also hoped that this prototype would attract enough interest to gain some profit and attract investors for the next card since it was expected to cost around US 2 000 000 to start the production of a specialized ASIC design PCI Express and or Mini PCI variations were planned to follow The OGD1 began shipping in September 2010 1 some six years after the project began and 3 years after the appearance of the first prototypes 2 Full specifications will be published and open source device drivers will be released All RTL will be released Source code to the device drivers and BIOS will be released under the MIT and BSD licenses The RTL in Verilog used for the FPGA and the RTL used for the ASIC are planned to be released under the GNU General Public License GPL It has 256 MiB of DDR RAM is passively cooled and follows the DDC EDID DPMS and VBE VESA standards TV out is also planned Versioning schema edit Versioning schema for OGD1 will go like this Root Number Video Memory Video Output Interfaces Special Options e g A1 OGA firmware installed Field Example Value Example Description Root number OGD1P OGD1 board with PCI Bus Video memory 256 256 MiB Video outputs in order skip any not installed First interface D Dual link DVI Second interface D Dual link DVI Third interface A Analog video 75 ohm VGA compatible Fourth interface V TV video Special options in alphanumeric order each preceded by a dash Factory firmware RTL A1 OGA1 Firmware OGD1 components edit nbsp Open Graphics Development board component map Main components of OGD1 graphics card shown on the picture 3 A DVI transmitter pair A B DVI transmitter pair B C 330MHz triple 10 bit DAC behind D TV chip E 2x4 256 megabit DDR SDRAM front behind F Xilinx 3S4000 FPGA main chip G Lattice XP10 FPGA host interface H SPI PROM 1 Mibit J SPI PROM 16 Mibit K 3x 500 MHz DACs optional L 64 bit PCI X edge connector M DVI I connector A and connector B N S Video connector O 100 pin expansion bus connectorDivisions terms related to OGP editOpen Graphics Project OGP The group of people developing OGA its written documentation and its products Open Graphics Architecture OGA The trade name for open graphics architectures specified by the Open Graphics Project Open Graphics Development OGD The initial FPGA based experimentation board used as a test platform for TRV ASICs Traversal Technology TRV The commercial name for the first ASIC products based on the Open Graphics Architecture Open Graphics Card OGC Graphics cards based on TRV chips Open Hardware Foundation OHF A non profit corporation whose charter is to promote the design and production of open source and open documentation hardware Current status editThe OGP project failed to gain the necessary funding to produce an ASIC version of its card The project appears to have been discontinued in 2011 See also edit nbsp Electronics portal nbsp Free and open source software portal Graphics hardware and FOSS Open source hardware Open system computing RISC VReferences edit OGD1 s Now Available Archived from the original on 15 June 2017 Retrieved 12 January 2017 First Open Graphics board appears The Inquirer Archived from the original on 15 January 2007 OGD1 map guide Open Graphics wiki Archived from the original on 27 September 2007 Retrieved 4 September 2006 External links editThe official Open Graphics wiki archived at the Wayback Machine June 9 2010 Jeremy Andrews 1 March 2006 Hardware Open Graphics Development Board Pricing KernelTrap Retrieved 4 September 2006 Project VGA another free graphics core project aiming at cheaper hardware Manticore an older FPGA based free graphics core implementation As of 2009 05 04 no source is available The master thesis An FPGA based 3D Graphics System illustrates very well the design decisions to make while developing a FPGA based 3D graphics core The master thesis A performance driven SoC architecture for video synthesis gives a more complete and hands on approach of some aspects Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Open Graphics Project amp oldid 1209005362, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
