From: Brian Corrie (brian.corrie++at++newmic.com)
Date: 07/15/2003 09:10:50
Hi Allan,
Do you have any comments on how Performer will support the new architecture,
specifically the data distribution to pipes (assuming a tiled display) and
the compositing? Will there be any mechanisms in Performer to facilitate this
or is it primarily left up to the user application? Is there another API on
top of Performer (Multipipe SDK???) that will handle these things?
I admit I am not familiar with Infinite Performance (which also has
compositing) and how Performer supports it either. I know it has some
capabailities along these lines, while UltimateVision be supported in the
same way?
Inquiring minds want to know...
Cheers,
Brian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allan Schaffer [mailto:allan++at++sgi.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:41 AM
> To: info-performer Mailing List
> Subject: [info-performer] New SGI Product Announcements
>
>
> Hello Performers!
>
> I think the following will get your hearts beating a little
> faster this
> morning.. :-)
>
> SGI has just introduced two new & much-anticipated MIPS/IRIX systems:
> the Silicon Graphics Onyx4 UltimateVision, a new generation
> of the Onyx
> family; and the Silicon Graphics Tezro, our next generation visual
> workstation platform. I'll quote a few highlights about each new
> product below. Please visit the SGI website, contact us, or contact
> your SGI reps for more information!
>
> 1. Silicon Graphics Onyx4 UltimateVision
>
> "The new Onyx4 UltimateVision system shatters existing benchmarks for
> high-performance visualization systems. It is simply the world's most
> scalable system of its kind, providing the exact capabilities that a
> user needs. This remarkable system scales to unprecedented levels in a
> shared-memory environment--up to 64 MIPS® processors and 32 graphics
> pipelines in standard configurations and further still under custom
> configurations. Scalability is achieved using the award-winning SGI®
> NUMAflex(TM) shared-memory architecture for maximum throughput. The
> result is a revolution in visualization at all levels; Onyx4
> delivers an
> amazing eight times better performance, one-fifth the size,
> and a price
> that is five times lower than previous generations.
>
> "Onyx4 also features best-in-class standards-based graphics components
> and a wealth of new features. One such feature is pipeline
> programmability, which enables increased realism in a single pass and
> allows relevant computational tasks such as tessellation to be shifted
> from the CPU to the graphics pipeline. This dramatically accelerates
> visualization and enables the creation of extraordinarily rich,
> stunningly realistic, real-time environments."
>
> Onyx4 UltimateVision starts at $45,000, one-fifth the price
> of previous
> Onyx systems.
>
> Product Information:
> http://www.sgi.com/visualization/onyx4/
>
> Press Release:
> http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/2003/july/onyx4.html
>
> Onyx4 UltimateVision at a glance:
> http://www.sgi.com/visualization/onyx4/ataglance.pdf
>
>
> 2. Silicon Graphics Tezro
>
> The Silicon Graphics Tezro visual workstation is powered by up to four
> MIPS R16000 processors in the high-bandwidth architecture from the SGI
> 3000 supercomputer line; on a system with SGI VPro V12 graphics, up to
> 16GB of RAM, 64-bit IRIX, seven PCI-X slots, either a cool
> desktop tower
> or rackmount form factor, and starting at $20,500 US List -- 20% lower
> than the Octane2.
>
> "Silicon Graphics Tezro was designed for creative and technical users
> who continually seek higher application performance and more advanced
> levels of capability on the desktop. Tezro delivers leading-edge
> visualization, multiprocessing, and digital media to technical and
> creative users and is designed to help individuals and teams deliver
> cutting-edge results in ever-shorter production cycle.
>
> "Equipped with SGI® VPro(TM) V12 graphics and unparalleled 12-bit per
> component RGBA fidelity, Tezro provides high-speed, high-quality
> graphics that are supported by the IRIX operating system and SGI
> application program interfaces, such as OpenGL Performer(TM). Silicon
> Graphics Tezro also offers a full suite of multiformat digital media
> options called DMediaPro(TM), previously available only on SGI Onyx
> systems. With these options, Tezro users can edit multiple streams of
> 10-bit high-definition (HD) video and create a wide variety
> of real-time
> HD and standard-definition effects."
>
> Product Information:
> http://www.sgi.com/workstations/tezro/
>
> Press Release:
> http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/2003/july/tezro.html
>
> Tezro at a glance:
> http://www.sgi.com/workstations/tezro/ataglance.pdf
>
>
> As you might expect, these new systems wonderfully complement the
> top-end multi-pipe & multi-processor capabilities of OpenGL Performer.
> And at SIGGRAPH, you'll see some of what we've been doing with
> programmable vertex & fragment shaders on the Onyx4
> UltimateVision... We
> will have one on-hand for the Friends of Performer meeting
> and in other
> locations (more info to come) - be sure to join us & check them out!
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Allan
> --
> Allan Schaffer
> allan++at++sgi.com
> Engr. Manager, Core Rendering
> 1-650-933-2160
> Silicon Graphics
http://www.sgi.com
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