A while back, I posted on here an article about the Open Graphics Project. The project has continued to grow, and now you can catch an interview on KernelTrap.org that discusses the current status, details, and future of the project.

In my experience, and apparently the experience of others, finding a graphics card which is supported by open source drivers is a bit of a challenge. Either the open source driver support is poor or limited, or there are simply no open source drivers at all. Many people resort to buying used cards from eBay.

Frustrated, I have decided to start a project to solve the problem. Since I am a chip designer, and I work for a company that sells graphics cards, I decided to approach management with the idea, and they agreed that if I could justify it economically, we would do it. The primary objective is to produce a graphics product which has fully open documentation and fully open source driver.