Re: GIS

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Atif Zafar (zafar_a++at++regenstrief.iupui.edu)
Wed, 01 Sep 1999 09:35:28 -0700

Paul had a setup in the Creative Applications Lab this year. He was
using a single
processor machine (VW320). He had a lot of custom optimizations (i.e.
created his
own ASD-like code). He was running under WinNT and used his own
libraries. He did
not use any commercial toolkit (Intrinsic or other). He used the data
streaming
power of the 320 to dynamically page large textures off of a Ciprico
disk system
connected via (I believe) fiber optic connections. The whole thing ran
under
OpenGL. Very, very impressive I must say. Thought I was seeing an Onyx
IR.

Atif Zafar.
Indiana University

Fernando Mato Mira wrote:

> At 01:06 PM 8/31/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >> Paul Hansen showed a demo of the Earth program (very large
database) running
> >> on a Visual Workstation 320 at SIGGRAPH this year. He implemented a
software
> >> clip texturing algorithm. This thing ran at 30Hz or better with
real time
>
> So that's where the action was! (no new high-end hardware, too many
things
> to do, and so many people at the booth made me just walk through it.
[Well,
> I got Popeye-style tatoos, at least ;-) ])
>
> Was it a dual processor system? What happens if you use just one?
>
> Is this the Intrinsic Graphics' technology SGI is allegedly not very
> interested in?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fernando D. Mato Mira
> Real-Time SW Eng & Networking
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