| Advanced, High-Performance VPro Graphics |
| Outstanding scalable graphics performance |
Extremely fast geometry and fill rate performance for
high-speed drawing, even with very complex designs, and
high-speed image generation even with fully textured
designs |
| Advanced texture management with up to 104MB of texture memory |
Interactive rendering of volumetric data sets.
High-performance processing of large textures; asynchronous
texture download capabilities provides even greater
efficiencies1 |
| OpenGL on a Chip™ |
Hardware acceleration of all OpenGL® 1.2 core features, including 3D textures for volume rendering and new imaging extensions |
| Hardware-accelerated specular shading |
Improved accuracy for lighting of 3D models for Phong effects without a
performance penalty |
| 48-bit (12-bit per component) RGBA1 |
High quality and precise control for 2D/3D imaging |
| Support for high resolutions, including HDTV;
full-screen stereo support2 and stereo in a window |
Capacity to display large information (up to 1920x1200 pixels at 60 Hz and 72 Hz) and data on one or multiple
high-resolution displays |
| 96-bit hardware-accelerated accumulation buffer |
High performance and accuracy with depth of field,
full-scene anti-aliasing, motion blurs, and other effects |
| High Speed, user-configurable graphics memory |
Flexibility to make Optimal use of color resolution,
off-screen graphics memory, and screen resolution |
| Multiple concurrent visuals and optimized context switching |
Better performance and increased user interactivity when
running multiple graphics applications |
| Optimized System Architecture |
| High-definition and standard-definition video formats including 4:4:4 RGB with the DMediaPro DM23 option; Industry-leading options for innovative visualization and cost-effective use of system resources |
High-quality, uncompressed, multi-resolution, and multi-format real-time video input and output for broadcast, post production and film |
| Single/dual, 600/550 MHz R14000A™ processors, 2MB level 2 cache |
Increased processing power, speed, and throughput with symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) architecture |
| Optimized front-side bus |
Optimized memory to processor throughput (up to 20% performance improvement) |
| Cross-bar architecture for high-speed multipoint I/O interconnect |
Dynamically and directly links any two computer
subsystems; error-checked "fire and forget" operation |
| 8 GB SDRAM memory capacity; fully addressable with the 64-bit system and OS |
Superior interactivity, even with very large data sets |
| Balanced, scalable design and expandable 64-bit system architecture |
Optimum throughput and reliability, cost effectiveness,
long-term investment protection, and ease of upgrading |
| Mature SGI UNIX® OS |
| Built on the fifth-generation 64-bit IRIX® operating system |
Maximizes performance; provides industry-leading real-time
response, reliability, serviceability, and binary
compatibility with other SGI® IRIX products |
