Re: System Info

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Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++multipass.engr.sgi.com)
Sun, 8 Feb 1998 23:44:23 -0800

On Feb 7, 4:32pm, Thomas Miller wrote:
> Subject: System Info
> Can anyone tell me what would be the best place to look for descriptions of
> SGI System components.
>
> Specifically, I need to explain to my customer the difference between 2 RM s
> and 4 RM s on a pipe.

Hi Tom,

the difference is the pixel fill performance and configurable framebuffer size.
The RM stands for Raster Manager, and performs the raster related operations
like filling the projected polygons, it also holds texture memory and
framebuffer memory, framebuffer memory scales, texture memory doesn't since
each RM needs to hold its own copy of texture memory contents.

You could try and get a copy of the 'pocket configurator' from the local office
or you could try and obtain a technical report on Infinite Reality from the
same source.

Cheers,Angus.

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