[mdlug] Intel GMA500 No Love f/Linux

[Jeff Hanson]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Peter Bart <petertheplumber at att.net> wrote:
>    How Intel can put out something like the GMA500 chip; while working
>    on Moblin and now Meego; is beyond me. What a mess!
> <http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/how-kick-your-friends-face-gma500>
> <http://forums.opensuse.org/news/tech-news/424370-warning-please-don-t-buy-intel-gma500.html>
>

Simple analysis:
Intel 3D is garbage.
AMD and Nvidia have 3D chipsets but are competitors.
PowerVR was their solution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA#GMA_500

It could have been a SiS or Via/S3 solution which are just as bad:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3_Chrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Integrated_Systems