Intergraph TDZ 3D Graphics Workstations enter Supercomputing market as Front-End Visualization Solution.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 1995--Intergraph Computer Systems today launched its TDZ TDZ The Dead Zone (movie) TDZ Touchdown Zone TDZ Temperature Danger Zone (food safety) TDZ Tvornica Duhana Zagreb (Croatian tobacco factory) TDZ thiazolidinediones interactive 3D graphics workstations into the supercomputing market at the Supercomputing '95 conference and trade show in San Diego. Featuring Intel's single, dual, and quad Pentium Pro processors; Intergraph's GLZ GLZ Galey Zahal (Israel Defence Forces radio literally meaning: waves) GLZ Generalized Linear Model OpenGL-based 3D graphics accelerators; and the Microsoft Windows NT operating system, TDZs are the first Windows NT-based workstations to give scientists and other users of high-performance computing applications the power to render, rotate, and animate complex models produced by large supercomputers, such as Intel's Paragon computer. This power is essential for demanding applications such as seismic imaging, terrain modeling, image and radar processing, meteorology, computational chemistry, and aerospace engineering. Super Computing Challenge to RISC/UNIX Workstations Before the TDZ, the power required to render and manipulate scientific computing applications was familiar to users only with RISC/UNIX-class workstations such as Silicon Graphics. Intergraph's TDZ 3D Graphics Workstation delivers RISC/UNIX graphics performance, with the added benefits of an open platform that is compatible with thousands of technical and PC applications, a friendly Windows interface, and attractive pricing at thousands of dollars less than SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. workstations. In addition to high CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. performance with Pentium Pro processors and 3D graphics power for model rendering and manipulation, the TDZs offer an added graphics bonus: high-quality 3D graphics texture mapping. The advanced texture subsystem of the TDZ's GLZ graphics card, with up to 32 megabytes of texture memory, performs true trilinear tri·lin·e·ar adj. Relating to, having, or bounded by three lines. mipmapped texturing, resulting in enhanced photorealism photorealism, international art movement of the late 1960s and 70s that stressed the precise rendering of subject matter, often taken from actual photographs or painted with the aid of slides. that is critical to advanced supercomputing applications such as digital terrain modeling. Intergraph will have a major presence at Supercomputing '95, exhibiting 15 workstations in the Intel booth. These workstations include the new Pentium Pro processor-based TDZ 3D graphics workstations and Pentium-based TD personal workstations. The TDZs will employ high-performance rendering and geometry acceleration to run applications such as 3D Seismic Imaging from Sandia, SAR (Segmentation And Reassembly) The protocol that converts data to cells for transmission over an ATM network. It is the lower part of the ATM Adaption Layer (AAL), which is responsible for the entire operation. See AAL. SAR - segmentation and reassembly processing from Caltech/JPL, real-time image and radar processing from ISI/Rome Labs, weather forecasting using NOAA/FSL software, computational chemistry by SSD, biochemistry, protein modeling by SDSC SDSC San Diego Supercomputer Center SDSC Singapore Disability Sports Council SDSC Strategic and Defense Studies Center (Australia) SDSC Switched Data Service Center (Sprint) , and Image/Radar Processing by Honeywell. "Before the TDZ, the visualization power needed to effectively utilize the output of a parallel supercomputer could be supplied only by a proprietary UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). workstation," said Dave House, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Enterprise Server Group. "Now, equivalent capability is available at a significantly lower cost, with the added advantage of compatibility with all of the more conventional applications available for Intel architecture-based PCs." Total Solutions Approach to Service Not only has Intergraph developed a powerful TDZ 3D Graphics Workstation on par with SGI performance, but the company has also poured more than 25 years of engineering experience into its complete line of state-of-the-art 2D/3D graphics workstations, servers, and graphics sybsystem software. Intergraph is a total solutions vendor, providing the interoperability tools to effect a seamless transition from UNIX to Windows NT, along with the IT infrastructure experience to build successful enterprises. Solid Reputation in Federal Community Due to a high level of technical expertise, a total solutions approach to customer service, and an open architecture, Intergraph's high-performance workstations and servers have a strong foothold in the federal community. In fact, in 1992 Intergraph was awarded CAD-2, the Navy's largest CAD/CAM/CAE, contract that supports the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC NAVFAC Naval Facilities Engineering Command NAVFAC Naval Facility ), Naval Sea Systems Command The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the U.S. Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel organizations. NAVSEA consists of four shipyards, eight "warfare centers" (two undersea and six surface), four major shipbuilding locations and the NAVSEA headquarters, (NAVSEA NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA Naval Avionics Support Equipment Appraisal ), and Naval Air Systems Command The Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, is the part of the United States Navy which provides materiel support for naval aircraft and airborne weapon systems, such as guided missiles. NAVAIR was established in 1966 as the successor to the Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons (BuWeps). (NAVAIR NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command ). "Intergraph's familiarity and proven track record with the Government CAD and simulation market is an important asset to the supercomputing market, which has a high percentage of federal users," said Jim Meadlock, Chief Executive Officer of Intergraph Corporation. "With the power of Pentium Pro processing, and OpenGL rendering acceleration in Intergraph's GLZ graphics boards, the TDZ brings intense 3D rendering power to the supercomputing arena. This is a workstation engineered for high performance, and Intergraph has the infrastructure to support enterprises on the level of the U.S. Government." Pricing and Availability Available in 200 MHz and 150 MHz Pentium Pro processor configurations, the TDZ family of 3D graphics workstations includes the single-processor TDZ-300 desktop, the TDZ-400 desktop or deskside with dual processors, and the quad-processor TDZ-600. The 150-MHz Pentium Pro-based TDZ-300 and TDZ-400 began shipping November 1. The 200 MHz Pentium Pro processor versions of the TDZ-300 and TDZ-400 will ship in December, and the TDZ-600 will be available in January. End users can purchase TDZ 3D graphics workstations starting at $10,000. -0- Intergraph(R) is a registered trademark of Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Note to Editors: If you wish to provide a telephone number for reader inquiries, please use 800/763-0242. Or reach us on the Internet at http://www.intergraph.com/ics. Use of this number allows Intergraph to better serve your readers. CONTACT: Intergraph Computer Systems, Huntsville Aggie Frizzell, 205/730-6139 Dorseda Wegert, 205/730-1430 |
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