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AMD unleashes open-source 3D code
Published 12/31/2008 at The Register
Big bang in the GPUniverse AMD has released "the fundamental Linux code" needed to develop open-source 3D-acceleration drivers for its R600 and R700 ATI graphic-processors series.…
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