Software engineer Dylan Barrie has built his own graphics processing unit (GPU) from scratch, which is an amazing display of his hard work and creativity. As a result,? The amazing FuryGpu is a home-brewed GPU that goes against what most people think and breaks down the hurdles to entry in the graphics market.
How FuryGPU Got Its Start
Barrie’s journey began four years ago when he set out to make his own GPU, which was a big project. He set out to make something special because he was determined and knew a lot about tools. Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology is what he used to make the FuryGpu. An FPGA is like a blank piece of silicon that can be changed to do different jobs, like being a CPU, GPU, or something else.
The Details and How It Works
The FuryGPU doesn’t have as many features as the newest RTX or Radeon GPUs, but the ones it does have are very good for a GPU from the 1990s. Here is a sneak peek at its specs:
Fixed-function rasterizer based on tiles
Four tile rasterizers that work on their own 400MHz GPU clock and 480MHz MHz Unit clock
Full-fp32 floating-point front-end Texture Units that can filter mip-mapped images in both linear and bilinear ways
The host port for PCIe Gen 2×4
It really shines when it comes to old games on the FuryGPU. It can run the original Quake at 720p and 60fps, which shows how hard Barrie worked and how knowledgeable he is.
The bad part is that Windows drivers
Barrie was surprised that the hardest part of making the GPU wasn’t the actual parts. Instead, it was making the Windows driver that was the most difficult part. His experience shows how hard it is for even big companies to get drivers for their GPUs just right.
A Different Take on Trade Barriers
Barrie’s accomplishment questions the idea that the barrier to entry into the graphics market is too high. Even though it took him four years to make the FuryGPU, the fact that he is the only person who can make a GPU work opens up new options. Maybe the hurdles to entry aren’t as high as we thought they were.
The Way Ahead
As the FuryGpu gets more attention, it acts as a lighthouse for other gamers and hackers. What will the next home-brew GPU bring? For now, we’re celebrating what an amazing thing Dylan Barrie did.
As the FuryGPU story goes on, stay tuned for more news! 🌟🏮
