Nekonomicon - SGI's first Linux-based Visualization System

ZoontF
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Wrote the following at Oct. 9, 2004, 11:10 p.m...

Is this for real?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 66317&rd=1

I don't believe it. On the other hand, it would like spiffy sitting next to an I2.

nekonoko
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Wrote the following at Oct. 9, 2004, 11:14 p.m...

Considering the Indigo2 already has an internal CD-ROM bay this would be kind of a strange thing for SGI to offer. But even if they did I'm sure they would have put their logo/name on it.

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RageX
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Wrote the following at Oct. 10, 2004, 8:42 a.m...

http://www.sgi.com/streaming/flash/prel ... 11-04.html

They mention multiple parallel GPUs and anywhere from 1 to 4 CPUs. Sounds like a Tezro with Itanium CPUs and a new ATI type graphics card(s). Or maybe an Onyx4 with Itanium CPUs and ATI type graphics cards(s).

Guess we'll find out on Monday, or maybe late tonight, hopefully with prices.

I remember being called crazy years ago when I predicted that SGI would completely mirror their IRIX/MIPS product line with a LINUX/IA64 product ("Itaniums in that small of a chassis!!!! Graphics on Linux!!!! you're crazy!!!!"). Not that I agree with that direction, it just seemed to be the obvious course given SGIs direction.

artherd
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Wrote the following at Oct. 10, 2004, 11:23 a.m...

Yawn, and we thought IRIX was a PITA to develop for!

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Brombear
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Wrote the following at Oct. 10, 2004, 11:44 a.m...

Hmm,

I don't want to participate on speculations about products to be launched ...

but

.. is there already a working compiler that does good optimization on itaniums ?

Is there still anybody else except sgi using itanium ?

Matthias

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Cory5412
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Wrote the following at Oct. 10, 2004, 11:53 a.m...

Soo... Altix 350 with an ATi graphics card....

Or a yellow tezro with Itanium processors and an ATi graphics card....

You know, I bet they could make these things pretty small, if they're going for 4 processors, standard DDR memory and an ATi graphics set... (Unless it's not an ATi card like I'm thinking of, and the processors are bigger than I'm thinking...)

Things to ponder on

TeeTylerToe
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Wrote the following at Oct. 10, 2004, 12:26 p.m...

well, on the itanium front, I've heard that the 1.5GHz can get just about 6Gflops, so that's a good thing, but there definately are support problems, and you can get just about 4gigaflops from a $200 AMD unit, so will people pay $6,000 or what not for that extra 50%?

87Porsche
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Wrote the following at Oct. 10, 2004, 5:16 p.m...

At least they'll finally take that damn Olympics thing off of the main page.

ZoontF
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 12:26 a.m...

nekonoko wrote:

But even if they did I'm sure they would have put their logo/name on it.

Yeah, that struck me as strange... to have another company's logo on it...

themacosxflies
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 12:48 a.m...

Cory5412 wrote:

Soo... Altix 350 with an ATi graphics card....

Or a yellow tezro with Itanium processors and an ATi graphics card....

yellow? we don´t need a lemon Cory :-# Jus kidding :wink:

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Cory5412
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 3:43 a.m...

themacosxflies wrote:

Cory5412 wrote:

Soo... Altix 350 with an ATi graphics card....

Or a yellow tezro with Itanium processors and an ATi graphics card....

yellow? we don´t need a lemon Cory :-# Jus kidding :wink:

That's riight... I would much rather have a Tangerine or an Orange anyway

(than a lemon)
If...
O2/Octane2 = Blueberry
Indigo, Indigo2(purple), tezro, onyx series = grape
Fuel = strawberry
Octane/Indy/Indigo2(teal) must = Lime...

So we need an Orange/Tangerine

zafunk
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 4 a.m...

nekonoko wrote:

But even if they did I'm sure they would have put their logo/name on it.

$150 buys a lot of spray paint! :lol:

schleusel
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 5:30 a.m...

http://www.sgi.com/products/visualization/prism/index.html

Altix 350 + Ultimate Vision.. as boring as expected :-)

.. with cube logo :-(

Brombear
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 5:45 a.m...

ATI ... Linux ... 64bit drivers ... I see lots of questions regarding stability. But on the other hand maybe everything works as easy as it could, who knows

But nice to see the old cube logo back :wink:

Matthias

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squeen
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 5:58 a.m...

Appropriately, I can not see the link (flash?) from an IRIX based browser. :razz:

jan-jaap
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 6:10 a.m...

squeen wrote:

Appropriately, I can not see the link (flash?) from an IRIX based browser. :razz:

No, but Acroread/IRIX can still be used to read the specsheet

87Porsche
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 7:19 a.m...

That CEI EnSight video has a quick shot of a RedHat taskbar. Does that mean one could run Maya on it?

hamei
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 7:23 a.m...

87Porsche wrote:

That CEI EnSight video has a quick shot of a RedHat taskbar. Does that mean one could run Maya on it?

There's Maya Linux ? Pro/E has a Linux version ......

87Porsche
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 7:27 a.m...

http://www.alias.com/eng/support/maya/q ... linux.html

http://www.alias.com/eng/support/maya/q ... _IRIX.html

Dubhthach
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Wrote the following at Oct. 11, 2004, 10:03 a.m...

Seems like they are also marketing some sorta emulation software (like FX32! on Alpha) that allows you to run your IRIX/mips binaries on Linux/Itanium. I had read something about that awhile ago on realworldtech.com

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