SGI Virtu is a computer product line from
Silicon Graphics dedicated to
visualization, announced in April 2008. 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
workstation configurations (Virtu VS series). The latter are re-badged systems from
BOXX Technologies, based on Intel
Xeon or AMD
Opteron processors and
Nvidia Quadro graphics chipsets, running
Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise (often abbreviated to SLE) is a Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE. It is available in two editions, suffixed with Server (SLES) for servers and mainframes, and Desktop (SLED) for workstations and desktop compu ...
or
Windows Compute Cluster Server.
SGI Virtu VN200
SGI Virtu VN200 is a high density node installed in a rack-mounted enclosure.
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 supports Nvidia 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 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 Quadro Plex
The Nvidia Quadro Plex is an external graphics processing unit ''(Visual Computing System)'' designed for large-scale 3D visualizations. The system consists of a box containing a pair of high-end Nvidia Quadro graphics cards featuring a variety ...
and Nvidia Quadro graphic solutions. NVIDIA SLI
Scalable Link Interface (SLI) is a brand name for a deprecated multi-GPU technology developed by Nvidia for linking two or more video cards together to produce a single output. SLI is a parallel processing algorithm for computer graphics, meant ...
is supported.
References
External links
Official Virtu Homepage
SGI workstations
SGI visualization
SGI Virtu
SGI Virtu is a computer product line from Silicon Graphics dedicated to visualization, announced in April 2008. It represents a return of Silicon Graphics to the visualization market after several years of focus on high-performance computing.
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