GPU for zedboard

What is being used for the GPU? It looks like it is the FPGA fabric that is acting as the GPU. Is there a standard core that is free that is being used to do this? I am interested in using this board to run a small display and see that the board has an HDMI driver but what is the GPU? Is there a Linux driver for this GPU core?

0 tcao over 13 years ago

There is no GPU on the board.
Xylon does offer a 3D Graphics IP:
http://www.logicbricks.com/Products/logi3D.aspx
It supports only OpenGLES 1.1, so it still can't run shader which requires OpenGLES 2. If that's what you mean "GPU".

If you just want draw 2D images, frame buffer could be an option.
Also look into reference designs provided at:
http://www.zedboard.org/design
They show how to drive VGA and/or HDMI.
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0 tcao over 13 years ago

ZC702 board has reference designs using Xylon's logiCVC-ML IP:
http://www.logicbricks.com/Products/logiCVC-ML.aspx

I assume we can use it on ZED.
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0 bhfletcher over 13 years ago

You may also be interested in this project referenced at http://www.zedboard.org/design

Analog Devices ADV7511 HDMI Transmitter Reference Design

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0 Former Member over 13 years ago

Thanks for this it answers my questions for now.
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