Re: Generating 4 channels on one iR at 60 Hz?!?

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Hansong Zhang (zhangh++at++cs.unc.edu)
Sat, 23 Nov 1996 00:11:41 -0500 (EST)

Steve Baker wrote:
>
> Hendrik-Jan van Veen said:
>
> > b> Pixel Fill Rate for 2RM's is approximately 400M pixels/sec, or 6.6M
> > pixels/frame at 60Hz. Thus, an average depth complexity of 3 should be
> > possible. This is not much, but it depends strongly on your application
> > whether it's sufficient or not.
>
> I don't think many people are still quoting 200Mpixels/sec per RM as a
> figure that you will 'typically' achieve. I have heard several smaller
> figures for pixel fill in the last year.
>
> Someone from SGI should give the official position.
>

Yeah, here's another pair of interested ears...

Also, to repeat the question I posted early today (well, yesterday),
what's the relationship between number of RM's and pixel TRANSFER rate?
(Or, what's the relationship between fill-rate and tranfer-rate (if
any)? )

Hansong

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