SGI debuts its new multiprocessor systems for NT 4.0
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Using its own graphics accelerator and architecture, Silicon Graphics Inc. has ventured into the Intel-powered PC market with 2-D and 3-D graphics-oriented systems running Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0. The dual- and quad-processor 320 and 540 systems can handle four streams of uncompressed video, said Cliff Apsey, director of product marketing. They transfer up to 3.2G of graphics and video data per second, he said.
Using its own graphics accelerator and architecture, Silicon Graphics Inc. has ventured The dual- and quad-processor 320 and 540 systems can handle four streams of The company claims a performance boost over standard PCs from its proprietary Apsey said the 320 and 540 have 10 times the input/output bandwidth of the 32-bit PCI The systems are ready for the Fahrenheit application programming interface, which Agencies can buy the 320 and 540 from reseller EdgeMark Systems Inc. of Silver Spring, A minitower 320 base model starts at $3,292 with one 350-MHz Pentium II processor, 512K A full tower, quad-processor-ready 540 starts at $5,813 with a single 450-MHz Pentium Neither price includes a monitor. SGIs new $2,495, 17.3-inch 1600SW flat-panel The 320 and 540 come ready to run Windows 2000 Professional, Apsey said. Bundled software includes Hummingbird Communications NFS Maestro Solo and InetD, Contact SGI Federal at 301-572-1980.
into the Intel-powered PC market with 2-D and 3-D graphics-oriented systems running
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
uncompressed video, said Cliff Apsey, director of product marketing. They transfer up to
3.2G of graphics and video data per second, he said.
Integrated Visual Computing architecture and Cobalt chip set.
bus, six times the memory bandwidth of the Accelerated Graphics Port and lower latency
than the Intel 440BX bus.
Microsoft Corp. and SGI are developing as a hybrid of Microsofts DirectX and the
OpenGL industry standard. The systems can run DirectX, Fast Geometry, Apple Quick- Time,
and texturing and imaging APIs.
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contract.
cache, 128M of error-correcting code synchronous dynamic RAM and a 6.4G Ultra ATA hard
drive.
II Xeon processor, 512K cache, 128M of ECC SDRAM and a 9.1G Ultra SCSI 2 hard drive. Both
PCs support 10/100-Mbps Ethernet connections.
monitor has 1,600- by 1,024-dot-per-inch resolution and is compatible with other
makers PCs and workstations.
a telnet server for exchanging files among Macintosh, PC and Unix systems, plus Intel
LANDesk Client Manager. A three-year limited warranty provides the first year of service
on-site.