- SGI Virtu
SGI Virtu is a computer product line from
Silicon Graphics dedicated to visualization, announced in April 2008 [ [http://www.sgi.com/company_info/newsroom/press_releases/2008/april/visualization.html SGI Visualization Solutions announcement] of April 2008.] . It represent a return of Silicon Graphics to the visualization market after several years of focus onhigh-performance computing .SGI Virtu workstations effectively replace the
SGI Fuel ,SGI Tezro andSGI Prism workstations that were discontinued in 2006.The Virtu range consists of a rack mounted server configuration (Virtu VN200) and four workstations configurations (Virtu VS series). The latter are re-badged systems from BOXX Technologies, based on Intel Xeon or
AMD Opteron processors andNvidia Quadro graphics chipsets, runningRed Hat Enterprise Linux ,SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or Windows Compute Cluster Server. [cite web
url=http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Back_to_the_Future_SGI_Returns_to_Visualization.html
title=Back to the Future: SGI Returns to Visualization
date=2008-04-11
work=HPCwire
accessdate=2008-09-29]SGI Virtu VN200
SGI Virtu VN200 is a high density node installed in a rack mounted enclosure [ [http://www.cao.fr/actualite/2191/Materiels-pour-la-CAO/SGI/SGI-Altix.html SGI unveils SGI Virtu VN200 visualization node] (fr) - CAO.fr CAD/CAM portal] . Five nodes are supported in the 4U enclosure.
The node itself is based on a two-way
Intel Xeon 5400 architecture and supportsNvidia Quadro graphic cards and is intended to be clustered.SGI Virtu VS
The SGI Virtu VS series are the
workstation models of the product line. Virtu VS100 is based on a two-way Quad CoreIntel Xeon architecture. Virtu VS200 is a two-way AMD Opteron configuration, Virtu VS300 a four-way AMD Opteron and Virtu VS350 is an eight-way AMD Opteron configuration.All systems accept the full range ofNvidia Quadro Plex andNvidia Quadro graphic solutions.NVIDIA SLI is supported.External links
* [http://www.sgi.com/products/visualization/virtu/index.html Official Virtu Homepage]
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