2. The Efika design will soon be released as open source through power.org (similar as the Pegasos2).
3. The upcoming Efika 2 design will have on board graphics from XGI (Genesi has been granted access to the in-house driver source code, so we're talking *official* 2D & 3D HW accelleration here), as well as an Altera FPGA!
Regarding the free Efika program that is about to begin soon - the latest round of approvals for projects was the 19th of March 2006 (some projects are still being reviewed or require more detail). The next set of project approvals will occur in April, meaning it's not yet too late to apply if you have an idea of a project (participation in this Efika program makes it possible to participate in the upcoming free Quad-Core G5 OSW program). The boards are expected to be sent out mid-April 2006 (on or around April 15th), and the hardware (as well as shipping to your door and everything) will be free of charge for all approved project participants, as a support gesture to the interested developers from Freescale themselves.
Interessante la parte della grafica incorporata XGI con i driver già pronti e che fanno riferimento a Open/Smart Firmware
Interessante anche il chip FPGA altera onboard
http://www.altera.com/
http://www.altera.com/literature/nv/06_ ... r_1_2.html