| Developers |
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| Both professional and volunteer developers contribute to Mesa. |
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| `VMware <https://www.vmware.com/>`__ employs several of the main Mesa |
| developers including Brian Paul and Keith Whitwell. |
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| In the past, Tungsten Graphics contracts implemented many Mesa features |
| including: |
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| - DRI drivers for Intel i965, i945, i915 and other chips |
| - Advanced memory manager and framebuffer object support |
| - Shading language compiler and OpenGL 2.0 support |
| - MiniGLX environment |
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| Other companies including `Intel <https://01.org/linuxgraphics>`__ and |
| RedHat also actively contribute to the project. Intel has recently |
| contributed the new GLSL compiler in Mesa 7.9. |
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| `LunarG <https://www.lunarg.com/>`__ can be contacted for custom Mesa / |
| 3D graphics development. |
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| Volunteers have made significant contributions to all parts of Mesa, |
| including complete device drivers. |
