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I understand what you're saying, that the situation is not completely clear-cut (especially what Broadcom is doing).

But Intel has most definitely documented their GPU registers and hardware – not just the intel open source driver:

https://01.org/linuxgraphics/documentation/driver-documentat...



That is not the same as open sourcing the GPU itself. They haven't released HDL source for the chips themselves.




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