SGI introduces Linux-based visual computing system

MUMBAI: Silicon Graphics Systems India (SGI) has announced the availability in Linux OS-based visual computer product line - Silicon Graphics Prism family of visualization systems. The visual computer product line is based completely on open standards with Linux OS and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components such as Intel Itanium 2 processors and world renowned graphics accelerators from ATI.






According to the press release, as a complete visualization system, Silicon Graphics Prism was designed to address terabyte-sized, highly complex data as a single contiguous data set in memory. Scaling from one to 16 graphics pipelines and from one to 256 processors, the Silicon Graphics Prism family offers many times the visualization capability of any currently available computing system.





Silicon Graphics Prism is built on a foundation of SGI NUMAflex shared-memory architecture. It gives the system the large, complex data memory functionality needed for today's real-time technical environments. It also features SGI's array of visual computing products and a host of OpenGL visualization software development tools. These include SGI's cross-platform OpenGL Performer and OpenGL Volumizer application programming interfaces (APIs).





The Silicon Graphics Prism visualization system will be marketed in India through the SGI sales network and its extended channel network across the country. The price range for the product begins from $10,000 approximately.





India is currently witnessing heightened activity in outsourcing of engineering and manufacturing related





services. SGI MD Dr. Prasad Medury said, "The pace of scientific discovery and engineering innovation has increased significantly. SGI understands technical and creative professionals are operating under tighter budgets and desire the freedom of product line and choice of open standards based systems. The Silicon Graphics Prism family was created to address these concerns. We are confident this product will revolutionize the marketplace."