Re:Intel Starts Publishing Open-Source Linux Driver Code for...
by Fnoord on Friday February 22, 2019 @02:21PM
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Hmm, we had more than 2, if you consider how big Android and iOS are (in amounts of clients). Not sure what kind of GPU something like the Librem 5 is going to use.
For desktop Linux FOSS drivers, sure, you are right. What choices do we have here besides low end Intel and AMD (who can't seem to compete with Nvidia for marketshare)? I mean, I put my money to AMD for GPU and CPU whenever I can. Ryzen and Vega give good price/performance... but the option isn't always available (Vega weren't in stock or expensive during the cryptocurrency hype, and for say laptop its difficult to go AMD).
Now, I get that Intel is a small player in the GPU market, and that competition is good here, but Intel is huge in the CPU market. I feel like AMD is the underdog; they face a gigantic bully on #1 in both CPU and GPU field: Intel and Nvidia. I don't like either of these companies...
For desktop Linux FOSS drivers, sure, you are right. What choices do we have here besides low end Intel and AMD (who can't seem to compete with Nvidia for marketshare)? I mean, I put my money to AMD for GPU and CPU whenever I can. Ryzen and Vega give good price/performance... but the option isn't always available (Vega weren't in stock or expensive during the cryptocurrency hype, and for say laptop its difficult to go AMD).
Now, I get that Intel is a small player in the GPU market, and that competition is good here, but Intel is huge in the CPU market. I feel like AMD is the underdog; they face a gigantic bully on #1 in both CPU and GPU field: Intel and Nvidia. I don't like either of these companies...