SGI Virtu

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SGI Virtu is a computer product line from Silicon Graphics dedicated to visualization, announced in April 2008.[1] It represents a return of Silicon Graphics to the visualization market after several years of focus on high-performance computing.

SGI Virtu workstations effectively replaced the SGI Fuel, SGI Tezro and SGI Prism workstations that were discontinued in 2006.

The Virtu range consists of a rack-mounted server configuration (Virtu VN200) and four

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or Windows Compute Cluster Server.[2]

SGI Virtu VN200

SGI Virtu VN200 is a high density node installed in a rack-mounted enclosure.[3] Five nodes are supported in the 4U enclosure.

The node itself is based on a two-way Intel

Nvidia Quadro graphic cards and is intended to be clustered.[4]

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 Core Intel 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 of

NVIDIA SLI is supported.[5]

SGI timeline

SGI PrismSGI Origin 3000 and Onyx 3000Origin 2000SGI ChallengeOnyx 300Onyx 2SGI OnyxSGI CrimsonSGI AltixSGI Origin 200SGI Indigo² and Challenge MSGI TezroSGI Octane2SGI OctaneSGI Indigo² and Challenge MSGI IRIS 4DSGI FuelSGI IndigoSGI IRIS 4DSGI O2SGI O2SGI IndySGI IRIS 4DSGI IRISSGI IRISSGI IRISVisual WorkstationSGI IRISSGI IRIS

References

  1. ^ "SGI Launches First Entry In New Generation of Visualization Solutions". News release. April 8, 2008. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "Back to the Future: SGI Returns to Visualization". HPCwire. 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  3. ^ SGI unveils SGI Virtu VN200 visualization node(fr) - CAO.fr CAD/CAM portal
  4. ^ "Silicon Graphics Virtu VN" (PDF). Data sheet. April 2, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "Silicon Graphics Virtu VS" (PDF). Data sheet. May 18, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

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