bytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoThis is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.programming.devimagemessage-square248fedilinkarrow-up12.01Kcross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up12.01KimageThis is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.programming.devbytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square248fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoBy my recollection she started from the open source Imagination Technologies GPU drivers. As the Apple GPU is definitely not derived from the GPU they used to license for the iPhone, she was able to use it for the initial register definitions, etc.
By my recollection she started from the open source Imagination Technologies GPU drivers. As the Apple GPU is definitely not derived from the GPU they used to license for the iPhone, she was able to use it for the initial register definitions, etc.