New Graphics Chip Relies on Reduced Gate Count

absolut.evil writes "HardOCP has an interesting story about a small integrated graphics chip maker from Norway: Falanx. The hardware is scalable and has a much lower power consumption thanks to its reduced gate count. So in theory we could see geforce/radeon style graphics in a set-top box -- maybe even a cell phone. They say they'll have hardware by mid-2006."

...but

[r_jensen11]

Does it run under Linux?

Re:...but

[bvimo]

Will it run Duke Nukem Forever?

OK

[X0563511]

OK, sounds nice. But how much you want to bet that the phones will still cost the same? At least considering how much providers rip us of as is.

Besides, most of those extra chips that this new one gets rid of are stupid crap like cameras etc.

Re:OK

[X0563511]

Oops. Wrong story. Damned tabs :D

Don't be too hard on me please.

Re:OK

[cartoon]

Heh, it was still strangely on-topic'ish :)

They say they'll have hardware by mid-2006.

[Seumas]

They say they'll have hardware by mid-2006.

Does this mean we can just force gamers to switch to this new card to save that 0.0000025% energy rather than fucking around with DST?

Re:They say they'll have hardware by mid-2006.

[mwvdlee]

If that 0.0000025% energy saving is enough to scale back from 2 external power plugs on the board to none, than perhaps it's a good thing.

this story goes hand-in-hand

[VolciMaster]

with the Texas Instruments story [slashdot.org] posted to Slashdot.

If we can actually get cheap phones with decent battery life, and moderate (or even great) graphics, maybe we'll get more competition. Probably we won't, but it's worth a shot.

Also, what prevents me from setting up my own personal cell service on a business campus? I'm not familiar with FCC regulations on this topic.