Simon_Fe

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   by Simon_Fe 5y ago

   Fair enough. I've certainly used that in other code (eg wrappers around mallocs with checks etc) but this was specifically for that ".c" file so it didn't really matter. (Also, not sure we could assume the code optimisat
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   by Simon_Fe 5y ago

   Can you explain what you meant by that? (Today, that code might be done with inline functions but that wasn't an option back then)
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   by Simon_Fe 5y ago

   With the hybrid working policy ( https://www.imaginationtech.com/careers/hybrid-working/ ) it is different* - it's typically fairly quiet in the office when I'm in, but it all seems to be working pretty we
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   by Simon_Fe 5y ago

   I can see my car!
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   by Simon_Fe 5y ago

   I think the "simulator" code is also bundled in there.
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   by Simon_Fe 5y ago

   Series 1, eg, PCX1 and PCX2 had (SRC_Alpha, 1 - SRC_Alpha) blending, but not the full set of OpenGL options. When series 2 was released (Eg, ARC1, Dreamcast, Neon250), it had the full set including support for destination alpha, which IIRC
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   by Simon_Fe 5y ago

   There was some recent 'reverse engineering' of the recent Apple products, mentioned on the web a few months back, particularly how they do SIMD branching/divergence. It sounded remarkably familiar to the PVR SGX/Rogue ap
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   by Simon_Fe 5y ago

   I've seen nearly 30years of VL/IMG coffee, but post lockdown the kitchen coffee at IMG has come on leaps and bounds: built in grinder and freshly brewed per cup. Has NOT helped my (failed) attempts to wean myself off coffee :-)