Infinitereality Graphics Components - Silicon Graphics Origin 3900 User Manual

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Chapter 13
InfiniteReality Graphics Components
An Origin 3900 server with InfiniteReality graphics delivers leadership visualization,
computing, and data management power that is required by today's workgroup and
departmental computing environments. It combines the revolutionary SGI NUMAflex
approach to modular computing with InfiniteReality graphics to deliver realism and
interactivity to users throughout the world.
The latest generation of the InfiniteReality graphics family is InfiniteReality4 graphics.
InfiniteReality4 graphics integrates 2D, 3D, volumetric, and video data into a seamless
visualization environment. It delivers the industry's best image quality through the use
of full-scene 8 subsample anti-aliasing, 48-bit RGBA, interactive volume rendering, 1 GB
of texture memory, up to 10 GB of frame buffer memory, and a pixel fill performance of
over 1.3 G anti-aliased pixels per second per pipeline. Whether you are trying to traverse
and analyze unlimited amounts of data, make movies or high-definition on-air graphics,
or drive immersive displays, the Origin 3900 server with InfiniteReality4 graphics has
the power and versatility to meet your needs.
Note: Your Origin 3900 server can have InfiniteReality graphics capabilities or
InfinitePerformance graphics capabilities, but not both.
The InfiniteReality graphics capabilities are provided by the G-brick and the N-brick. The
G-bricks contain the graphics pipes and the N-brick is used to connect the G-bricks to the
host system. This chapter describes the function and physical aspects of these
InfiniteReality graphics components in the following sections:
• "G-brick" on page 184
• "N-brick" on page 195
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