[Open-graphics] Re: X-video-server

[Timothy Miller]

On 7/3/06, Lourens Veen <lourens at rainbowdesert.net> wrote:

> > Are you suggesting that we could eliminate the general purpose CPU
> > altogether? Can we get data from the Ethernet chip into this Theora
> > chip without a CPU?
>
> Exactly. I'm not sure how far we can integrate this and whether having
> everything custom is the right solution, but the idea is that we:

Where's your TCP/IP stack?

You won't be using a normal ethernet chip.  You'd be using one with a
microcontroller in it and a tiny network stack.  Any other chip
requires a CPU.