[updated] OpenGL ES 2.x Devices and Dev Kits

PowerVR Insider
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Here is a list of OpenGL ES 2.x Devices and Dev Kits that may be useful for developers.

-- TI - OMAP 35x Family --
OS: Linux
TI OMAP35x EVM - Development Board -~$1.500 - Availability: Feb/April 2008
Logic Zoom OMAP34x (MDK) - Mobile Dev Board - ~$875 - Availability: April/May 2008
BeagleBoard - Development Board - ~$149 - Availability: NOW
Vendors: [ Digi-key ]

OpenPandora - Game Console - ~€212 (+VAT) - Availability: ~August/September 2008 (still not available Jan 2010, huge delays)
AI TouchBook - Tablet/Notbook - $300/$400 - Availability: ~Currently unavailable (expected to become availabe by end of April 2010)

For Europeans this Spanish project may be of interest due to availability and delivery:
ISEE IGEPv2 - Dev Board - from €104(no Wifi)/€145

Please add more.

EDIT: The past year brought allot of changes into the market and it looks like
mobile gfx is now finally matured. Including the entry of two new
competitors (ARM Mali, nVidia Tegra 2) that have allot of catch up to
ImgTec.

The TI wiki features a complete list of
products that are cheap and make PowerVR SoC development very affordable
http://wiki.omap.com/index.php?title=OMAP3_Boards
DDd2010-02-02 00:50:42
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Gigabyte M528 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/03/1297/Â - MID - ~$800 - Availability: June/July 2008

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excuse me.  But that is an atom device.  SGX535.

My understanding is that this support OpenGL 2.0 rather than OpenGL ES 2.0 which are completely different.

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Hi icarafu,

The Intel Atom has a PowerVR SGX535 powered chipset called the Intel Poulsbo (other chipsets are also available depending on the ATOM family used). PowerVR Cores are designed with the OpenGL ES 1.x or 2.x specifications in mind. However they may be able to run OpenGL and Directx10 content depending on driver availability. Much like your OpenGL home/notebook graphics card can be used to emulate OpenGL ES 2.x content.

Hope this helps. Expect the ATOM 2 (2009) to have the graphics chipset part integrated. For the time being the Intel chipset is a very hungry device compared to the ARM powered solutions.

DDd2008-07-19 09:07:07
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The BeagleBoard is available NOW! thru Digi-Key for $149

http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/mkt/beagleboard.html

For order over ~$100 or €65 shipping is free.

Caveas: ATM there are no publicly available OpenGL ES 2.x drivers for this platform.
DDd2008-07-28 19:11:44
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At Gigabyte M528:

Has anybody experiences with the Gigabyte M528 in developing OpenGL ES 1.x and 2.0 applications? (Hardware support, extensions, performance )?

Is there support for OpenGL ES 2.0 (libraries etc. ) and is there an OpenGL ES 2.0 emulation on top of OpenGL if no native support exists?







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DDd wrote:
The BeagleBoard is available NOW! thru Digi-Key for $149

For order over ~$100 or €65 shipping is free.

Caveas: ATM there are no publicly available OpenGL ES 2.x drivers for this platform.


Apparently they are available now:

https://www-a.ti.com/downloads/sds_support/targetcontent/dvsdk/oslinux_dvsdk/v3_00_3530/index.html