SGI parallel technology for graphics and visualization

Sergio E. Zarantonello; Mimi Celis

doi:10.1117/12.279612

19 September 1997 SGI parallel technology for graphics and visualization

Sergio E. Zarantonello, Mimi Celis

Proceedings Volume 3166, Parallel and Distributed Methods for Image Processing; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279612
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper gives an overview of developments at Silicon Graphics in the areas of scalable multiprocessing and visualization. These developments are grounded in a scalable, shared memory architecture that allows a high degree of modularity and enormous flexibility of configuration. The first implementations of this architecture include graphics supercomputers with multiple processors and multiple graphics subsystems, that enable parallelism at all levels, including parallelism applied to single graphics tasks. We first describe this architecture and then discuss the characteristics of its first generation implementations.

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Sergio E. Zarantonello and Mimi Celis "SGI parallel technology for graphics and visualization", Proc. SPIE 3166, Parallel and Distributed Methods for Image Processing, (19 September 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279612

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