SGI ONYX 3000 SERIES GRAPHICS SYSTEMS TO POWER U.S. AIR FORCE F-22 PILOTTRAINING DEVICES.Link Simulation & Training, a division of L-3 Communications
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL) is a company that supplies command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems and (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LLL LLL abbr. left lower lobe (of the lung) ) in Arlington, Texas Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas (USA) within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. According to a U.S Census Bureau release, as of July 1, 2006 Arlington has an estimated population of 367,197. , has purchased two 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. 3000 series high-performance graphics systems to power the U.S. Air Force's F-22 pilot training devices. Under an initial engineering, manufacturing and development contract, Link Simulation & Training is building a Full Mission Trainer and Weapons Tactics Trainer that will help hone the skills of F-22 fighter pilots. The stealthy stealth·y adj. stealth·i·er, stealth·i·est Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. See Synonyms at secret. , next generation F-22 air superiority fighter An air superiority fighter is a type of fighter aircraft intended to enter and seize control of enemy airspace. Air superiority fighters are usually expensive aircraft, and procured in lesser numbers compared to smaller and generally more limited aircraft. aircraft will fly complex, integrated missions ranging from single ship operation to large force coalition strike actions. A multiprocessor, multigraphics pipeline SGI Onyx 3800 system will drive the F-22 Full Mission Trainer, providing comprehensive systems capabilities that, combined with inclusive external environments, will challenge a pilot's proficiency throughout the entire spectrum of the aircraft's combat employment. A fully populated cockpit on a fixed base will be integrated with a high-resolution image-generation system coupled with Link Simulation & Training's SimuSphere wide field-of-view display system. The F-22 Weapons Tactics Trainer, an intermediate level training device, will be powered by a multi-processor, single graphics pipe SGI Onyx 3400 system that will support a high fidelity tactical environment. The trainer will provide pilots with simulated controls and displays representing the main F-22 aircraft instrument panel. In addition to enabling pilots to practice individual and team weapon systems employment, the weapons tactics trainer can be used as an instructional system or mission-generation system. "Only the SGI Onyx 3000 series of high-performance graphics systems has the power and real-time visualization capability to concurrently process imagery, video, 3D terrain and geospatial data," said Anthony Robbins, president, 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. Federal. Designed to simultaneously process 3D graphics, 2D imagery and video data, the SGI Onyx 3000 series scales from single-user systems to those that combine the ultimate in supercomputing and visualization technologies. The SGI Onyx 3000 series is the third-generation implementation of the revolutionary SGI NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) A multiprocessing architecture in which memory is separated into close and distant banks. NUMA is similar to SMP, in which multiple CPUs share a single memory. However, in SMP, all CPUs access a common memory at the same speed. architecture. This tightly coupled architecture with inherent scaling of system and graphics bandwidth is central to the series' breakthrough visual performance. The new SGI NUMA architecture, featuring NUMAflex technology, increases memory bandwidth and reduces memory latency. In addition, the world-leading InfiniteReality3 graphics subsystem is the high-performance graphics pipeline for the SGI Onyx 3000 series. Thanks to the enormous bandwidth unique to SGI NUMA, customers can use multiple InfiniteReality3 subsystems simultaneously, focusing incredible power on solving a single visual problem. Link Simulation & Training is a leading supplier of simulators, training services and effective on-demand instruction for military forces, governmental agencies, educational institutions and private business. The company's technologies and capabilities include simulator production and modification; distance learning and Web-based training; training system delivery and management; simulation and training research; and aircraft maintenance trainer design.n |
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