bytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-226 days agoThis is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.programming.devexternal-linkmessage-square249fedilinkarrow-up12Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.98Karrow-down1external-linkThis 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-226 days agomessage-square249fedilink
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·25 days 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.