Notes

Blockchain in Government Tracker
- https://airtable.com/shreIXQjzluCxam37/tbl7qVDFKKiEcFFrc
- http://www.replicant.us/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
- Secure boot-loader
  - http://coreboot.org/
  - http://libreboot.org/
- Binary blobs
  - Device drivers?
  - What other things might I be missing.
- GPU drivers – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_graphics_device_driver
  - ARM Mali
    - Lima – An open source graphics driver for ARM Mali GPUs
    - http://limadriver.org/
    - Luc Verhaegen
    - “ARM Mali Midgard, as featured on Anandtech.” – http://libv.livejournal.com/26635.html (rant about closed drivers)
    - Jem Davies is the Mali guy at ARM MPG (Media Processing Group)
      - https://twitter.com/jemdavies
    - http://anandtech.com/comments/8226/ask-the-experts-arm-fellow-jem-davies-answers-your-gpu-questions
    - http://www.anandtech.com/show/8240/join-us-for-a-live-hangout-with-arm-fellow-jem-davies-and-chat-about-gpus-at-12pm-et-today
    - Are Samsung using Mali in Exynos? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/arm-samsung-sign-long-term-170000124.html?sf38478609=1
    - “ARM Management and the Lima Driver” – http://libv.livejournal.com/24735.html
    - “Yes, I have lost traction” – http://libv.livejournal.com/27461.html
    - Has been unemployable for most of last 2 years. Very sad story.
  - Qualcomm Adreno
    - Freedreno
      - http://freedreno.github.io/
      - https://github.com/freedreno
      - https://github.com/robclark, Red Hat now, was Texas Instruments
      - http://bloggingthemonkey.blogspot.ca/
      - http://bloggingthemonkey.blogspot.ca/2015/07/happy-gpu-independence-day.html
      - https://varadgautam.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/initial-support-for-freedreno-on-android/
      - Qualcomm contribute to freedreno – http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTgyNzM
  - Nvidia Tegra
    - Noveau for NVidia (not been friendly)
  - Imagination Technologies PowerVR
    - Remember reading somewhere that they are “the worst”.
    - http://www.anandtech.com/show/7793/imaginations-powervr-rogue-architecture-exposed
  - Intel GPU
    - Find some details
  - AMD/ATI
    - Already open-sourced?, because of Galium something, efforts of Luc
    - Find details in his “lost traction” mail
- Baseband processor
  - Freecalypso
  - OscomBB
- Whitebox software radio, mesh networking, etc.