Xi: Linux & Solaris graphics drivers available for Dell Inspiron 8100 laptops

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Author: JT Smith

Xi Graphics, Inc. announced today the release of both Linux and Solaris accelerated graphics drivers in Summit v2.1 for Dell’s new Inspiron 8100 Laptop. The 8100 has an ATI Mobility RADEON 7500
graphics chip and a 1.2GHz CPU. The Company claims that the graphics
performance of this laptop, which has 64 MB of Video Memory, almost puts it into a “portable workstation” category. Viewperf(R) benchmarks produced by the OpenGL conformant drivers are published on Xi Graphics’ Web site, http://www.xig.com.”