NEW SGI LINE OF CLUSTERED GRAPHICS SYSTEMS TO SET STANDARD FOR AFFORDABLESIMULATION.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. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : SGI), has announced that it is offering a sneak peek of its new SGI Graphics Cluster systems at I/ITSEC I/ITSEC Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference 2000, held Nov. 27-30 in Orlando. "SGI is thrilled to be able to preview our new Graphics Clusters at this year's I/ITSEC," said Jan Silverman, vice president, Advanced Systems Marketing, SGI. "Using our expertise in real-time simulation and services, SGI is committed to leveraging commodity components to deliver compelling quality at a new price point-making affordable simulation a robust, supported reality for even the most demanding training and simulation customers." SGI Graphics Clusters will support demanding real-time 3D applications in the training and simulation market through a suite of innovative features such as SGI Image Sync precision channel synchronization technology and integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. such as multiprocess OpenGL Performer OpenGL Performer, formerly known as IRIS Performer and commonly referred to simply as Performer, is a commercial library of utility code built on top of OpenGL for the purpose of enabling hard real-time visual simulation applications. to increase performance and realism and SGI Advanced Cluster Environment (ACE) to simplify Linux(R) cluster administration. These features will be incorporated into a low-cost Pentium(R) processor-based system capable of driving multiple channels of high-resolution display through a cluster environment. Product deliveries are planned during the first half of 2001. SGI set the bar in the advanced graphics marketplace when it introduced the SGI Onyx The SGI Onyx is a series of visualisation systems designed and manufactured by SGI, introduced in 1993 and offered in two models, deskside and rackmount. The Onyx's basic system architecture is based on the SGI Challenge servers, but with the notable inclusion of graphics hardware. (R) product line, the most advanced visual computing The use of computers for 3D modeling and animation. See visualization. system available. It delivers the most computer power and realism available today and continues SGI's tradition of setting the bar for excellence. With the advent of SGI Graphics Clusters, SGI continues to lead the industry by offering the most powerful, affordable visual solution. The combination of the two platforms, together with established worldwide support and Professional Services, delivers a wide array of price/performance options to the visual simulation community. SGI will offer two customizable Graphics Clusters models to meet diverse cost and performance requirements. They will support a variety of PC operating systems as well as today's leading off-the-shelf graphic subsystems, APIs, and accelerators, delivering the top graphics performance and flexibility in their class. |
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