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	Open source hardware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Open source hardware is computer hardware that is designed in the same fashion as open source software.
		Open Hardware (OH) is a part of the GNU project in which hardware designers share their work by disclosing the schematics and software (GNU drivers) used in their designs.
		Open Hardware designers meet, discuss what they are doing and ask each other for assistance in finding parts, or seek ideas to solve design problems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Open_hardware (288 words)

	Computer hardware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hardware comprises all of the physical parts of a computer, as distinguished from the data it contains or operates on, and the software that provides instructions for the hardware to accomplish tasks.
		The boundary between hardware and software is slightly blurry—firmware is software that is "built-in" to the hardware.
		Firmware is usually the province of computer programmers and computer engineers in any case and not an issue that computer users need to concern themselves with.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Computer_hardware (397 words)

	Open Souce Hardware Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The vision I have of the new venture I would like to start seems to me to be a natural extension of entrepreneurial process, and of the free and open source software development models and ideas.
		Hardware, on the other hand, is a different story.
		To reproduce a hardware design is not within the capability of the average individual.
	web.dodds.net /~hozer/opensource.html (2167 words)

	[SSLUG] Open hardware
		Vendors of certified equipment have the right to apply the "Open Hardware" logo to their packaging, and to state in advertising that their devices are certified.
		Users who buy equipment with the "Open Hardware" logo are assured that a change in operating system or even the demise of the manufacturer will not make it impossible to get new software written for their devices.
		Open Hardware and Debian are trademarks of Software in the Public Interest, the non-profit organization that produces the Debian Linux Distribution.
	www.sslug.dk /emailarkiv/old/1997/msg00750.html (673 words)

	An introduction to open-source hardware development
		Open-source hardware is proposed as a bridge for the technological, educational and cultural gaps between developing and developed countries.
		Open source might help focus the spotlight on high-tech talents and qualifications in developing countries that are hidden due to market constraints.
		An open hardware design of a RISC architecture processor, open RISC1K [18], is used by some commercial companies that embed the design in their platforms.
	www.eedesign.com /article/printableArticle.jhtml;?articleID=22103383 (1984 words)

	Halfbakery: Open Source Hardware Initiative
		Open source hardware is feasible, reproducible, and implementable so long as users develop or get a hold of a tool to develop open source hardware.
		Open source hardware must be backed by the open source software community to develop the tools necessary for building, testing, and laying out circuitry to be printed on the PCB router.
		The biggest impediment to having an open source hardware movement is the expense of materials consumed during the development cycle.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Open_20Source_20Hardware_20Initiative (2395 words)

	Embedded.com - Open-Source Hardware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hardware is tangible; it has mass and it takes a finite amount of time to transport.
		Hardware needs to be frozen earlier in development so the programmers have something to work on (sound familiar?).
		This all forces hardware designers to be more conservative and more likely to rely on existing, proven designs.
	www.embedded.com /story/OEG20020524S0078 (1949 words)

	Will The Open Hardware Movement Fail? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Open hardware seems like a great idea to me and something that we can all benefit from.
		However, I've seen some open hardware sites, and just because they were open hardware made me want to buy from them.
		I've had people take hardware that I've created (dprg h-bridge project) and improve on it and use it for their own robots.
	robots.net /article/497.html (304 words)

	What is 'Open Source Hardware'?
		Hardware se svobodny'm designem II - Interview with Whygee and Michael Riepe of Freedom-CPU
		Hardware: Funktionsweise, Selbstbau, programmierbare Logik, Open Source: (German) talk by Neil Franklin at the LUGCamp 2003 (partly an introduction to programmable logic, partly a discussion of free hardware design)
		Introduction to open-source hardware development in EEDesign by Mohammed Salem and Jamil Khatib of Handasa Arabia.
	opencollector.org /Whyfree (392 words)

	EETimes.com - An introduction to open-source hardware development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Open source hardware's challenges, problems and suggested solutions are described.
		Open EDA development tools would be used, such that designers can provide feedback to open-source tools developers.
		Hardware designers will be able to code modules or cores for specific FPGA computing machines or future computers.
	eetimes.com /news/design/features/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22103383 (2196 words)

	Open source hardware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It has been proposed that this article or section be merged with Open hardware.
		One key website for online collaboration for open source hardware is ThinkCycle.
		There people share ideas they have for a large number of open ideas about hardware.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Open_source_hardware (204 words)

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		When you buy used and refurbished Cisco equipment from Network Hardware Resale, you can be assured that the product you buy is fully-tested and guaranteed to be in excellent physical and working condition.
		NHR Certified equipment is guaranteed to be in excellent condition, and we back this commitment with a standard one-year, overnight-replacement warranty on all pre-owned, used and refurbished Cisco, Juniper, Extreme and Redback equipment.
	www.networkhardware.com (402 words)

	Source Open Hardware Computers
		Manticore - Formerly called "The HULK", Manticore is an open source hardware design for a 3D graphics accelerator.
		Writings on Open Source Hardware - A collection of links to writings on themes related to Open Source Hardware like definitions, libraries, talks and conferences.
		Open Source Hardware - Industry analysis paper for a college course proposing a business to apply the Open Source model to hardware.
	odp.webwombat.com.au /WW90237.HTM (354 words)

	EETimes.com - Doors 'open' to hardware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Given the increasingly prohibitive costs of developing hardware from scratch, open hardware is an attractive possibility.
		It includes but is not limited to open source, where specifications or source code are freely available and can be modified by a community of users.
		And it does not necessarily mean that open hardware, or designs that contain it, are free of charge.
	www.eetimes.com /showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163702854 (657 words)

	Manticore - Open Source 3D Graphics Accelerator
		Manticore is an open source hardware design for a 3D graphics accelerator.
		Ultimately, an open board design will be developed, creating an entirely open source PC graphics accelerator.
		Further information about Altera hardware can be found on their website.
	icculus.org /manticore (467 words)

	Open Hardware Ain't Easy
		Designing an open 64-bit CPU without funding, a fab or any previous experience in the field turned out to be tougher than expected for these do-it-yourself chip makers.
		In the open source world, GCC is the king and key to the success of GNU/ Linux.
		That’s the difference between open hardware and open software: Linux and *BSD can be as good as proprietary operating systems, maybe even better, but the F-CPU project may always lag behind.
	www.f-cpu.org /whygee/OpenHardwareAintEasy/OpenHardwareAintEasy.html (2055 words)

	LinuxPlanet - Interviews - Opengear Focuses on Open Source Hardware - Evolution of a Business Model
		But there was no such open source solution for KVM-over-IP, and this is becuase there is no generic hardware layer that the open source software could interface to (like the UART that conserver talks to).
		And we have built a batch of the open source hardware KVM boards (which we sell to participating commercial participants in the project at cost).
		The goal of okvm is to deliver an open source KVM over IP standard, and this will only come when we have a number of firms supporting the standard, and it is widely adopted.
	www.linuxplanet.com /linuxplanet/interviews/5922/1 (1272 words)

	[No title]
		In all the cases listed below, some hardware is open and some is not - but the trend is for open-ness to become more and more limited, restricting the freedom of designers to create or implement their own designs, and even of programmers to write the programs they wish.
		But for other types of hardware, information about the underlying technologies is a commercial secret so that only the companies which own these secrets can create libraries or even efficient design tools which use them.
		The design of the hardware must be made public, so that others can implement it and learn from it.
	opencollector.org /Whyfree/open_hardware.html (723 words)

	Open-source credo moves to chip design \| Tech News on ZDNet
		This open-source hardware library--consisting of design elements for processors, memory controllers, peripherals, motherboards and a host of other components--would aide semiconductor start-ups and device manufacturers alike.
		Despite the potential for new businesses to crop up, it's unlikely open-source hardware will be as disruptive to hardware makers as open-source software has been to the software industry and players such as Microsoft.
		Established chipmakers such as Intel and IBM might not be directly challenged by open-source hardware because their technology, such as Intel's X86 processor architecture, is protected by a number of closely held patents.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-9595_22-802558.html?legacy=zdnn (1330 words)

	InformationWeek > Open Hardware > IBM VC Calls For 'Open' Hardware > April 8, 2005
		The word "open" has various meanings with respect to hardware and silicon intellectual property (IP), he said.
		Thus, for Carballo, the word "open" includes but is not limited to the classical definition of open source, in which source is freely available and a community of users can contribute modifications.
		An IP valuation methodology is thus going to be crucial for the open hardware effort, Carballo noted.
	www.informationweek.com /story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160503358 (660 words)

	SPI -- Project: Open Hardware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Open Hardware Certification Program is a self-certification program for hardware manufacturers.
		The goal of this project is to allow for developers to more easily write device drivers for Open Source operating systems.
		By certifying a hardware device as Open Hardware, the manufacturer makes a set of promises about the availability of documentation for programming the device-driver interface of a specific hardware device.
	www.spi-inc.org /projects/openhardware (118 words)

	Jamil Khaitb's OpenHardware designs and links
		Free chips for all: The status of open hardware designs.
		Open Hardware design trend paper: submitted to the FDL 2000 confrence download ps file
		DAC 2000 confrence presentation slides about Open HW It was presented by Brien Anderson.
	www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/Pines/6639/openhw.html (127 words)

	Open Hardware
		El "Open Hardware" es un movimiento aún minoritario que no se espera tenga a medio plazo el alcance popular del "software" libre porque, mientras es fácil bajarse un programa de Internet, lo es menos encontrar a alguien que sepa fabricar un chip, por muchos esquemas libres que le den.
		Pero el movimiento "Open Hardware" quiere más: crear una gran librería accesible para todo el mundo, con diseños de procesadores, controladores de memoria, periféricos, placas madre, etc, que ayudaría a las compañías a reducir millones en trabajos de diseño redundantes.
		En la web de OpenCores explican: "El "open hardware" ayudará a las compañías a incrementar sus beneficios porque mejora la fiabilidad del producto y su soporte, es más cercano a las necesidades de los clientes, mejora la distribución de los diseños, que pueden usarse más de una vez, y es más seguro".
	ww2.grn.es /merce/2004/openhard.html (851 words)

	Omniseek: /Computing /Open Source /Hardware /
		Open Design Circuits are the chip design counterparts of Open Source Software, with designs (sources) openly shared among developers and users.
		open source hardware: open source, intellectual property, open source...
		recent developments have seen the rise of open-source hardware, hardware initiatives that are designed to make hardware easier-to-use for embedded design.
	www.omniseek.com /srch/{2673} (622 words)

	TheFeature :: It's All About The Mobile Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Though the spectrum is open, the microprocessor chips that drive the devices which use it are not.
		The result could be a lot less innovation in the open wireless world than in the open wired one.'
		The manufacturers of the equipment allegedly refused to provide the information needed to do this, saying the release of such information would be illegal since it would let people change the way a chip that uses unlicensed spectrum works, an interpretation that goes by a pretty tight reading of the law:
	www.thefeaturearchives.com /101332.html (315 words)

	Monster-Hardware
		Hardware Secrets has a everything you need to know about logic gates article, which is the heart and blood of digital electronics.
		For those of you out there with a white box machine Hardware Secrets tells you how to find out your motherboard manufacturer and model using software.
		Hardware Secrets shows you how the Pentium 4 processor works, this one has a lot of very technical stuff in it though so beware.
	www.monster-hardware.com (1842 words)

	Open hardware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Open Hardware (OH) is people sharing their designs with each other through the disclosure of their schematics and software systems used on their designs.
		This isn't just about hardware, but software of the hardware as well (GNU drivers).
		OH is also an opportunity to showcase designs, so others may learn from what the another persons have done.
	www.termsdefined.net /op/open-hardware.html (231 words)

	Hardware Extreme - The Next Generation of Computers and Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hardware Extreme have just received the New Bravo Disk Publisher which enable us to print directly on to the CD / DVD.
		Apparently, there is a limitation in DirectX 9.0 and/or DirectX 9.0-compliant hardware that will not allow the function to be enabled on certain graphics cards if the workaround is not found.
		In this long belated article at Tom's Hardware Guide, we get to see what kind of USB hubs there are and what are the effects of those different hubs.
	www.hwextreme.com (1776 words)

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