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Re:The Truth on OpenGL Driver Quality by slashdotaccount on Tuesday May 13, 2014 @12:44AM (#7736609)
Corrections:

Intel open sourced their driver not their GPUs.

Broadcom open sourced part of the software running on one of their GPUs, not their GPUs.

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Re:The Truth on OpenGL Driver Quality by sounds on Tuesday May 13, 2014 @01:04AM (#7736641)
I understand what you're saying, that the situation is not completely clear-cut (especially what Broadcom is doing).

But Intel has most definitely documented their GPU registers and hardware – not just the intel open source driver:

https://01.org/linuxgraphics/documentation/driver-documentat...

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Re:The Truth on OpenGL Driver Quality by nitrogen on Tuesday May 13, 2014 @01:46AM (#7736710)
That is not the same as open sourcing the GPU itself. They haven't released HDL source for the chips themselves.
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