Datasheet SGI® Onyx® Family of Advanced Visualization Solutions The Ultimate in High-Performance Visualization Features Real, Not Imagined •Unparalleled system performance to solve the Creativity and insight are limited by our understanding of today’s reality and world’s toughest visualization problems our ability to create tomorrow’s. SGI® advanced visualization solutions give •Scalable performance and displays with up to you the visual realism, advanced features, and performance needed to see 16 graphics subsystems and over 40 million pixels things as they are and how they could be. Whether you are designing the next- displayed from a single SGI Onyx system generation sports car, uncovering new petroleum reserves, or creating the next •The industry’s richest graphics feature set blockbuster movie, the SGI Onyx family lets you and your team go beyond the •Universal access to advanced visualization limitations of workstations and unleash the power of advanced visualization. with Visual Area Networking •Diverse operating modes that drive productivity and A Breakthrough in Visual Realism enable one machine to be leveraged for multiple uses Making the leap from imagined to real requires more than polygons and •SGI software and APIs that make implementation a breeze pixels per second; it demands an integrated approach to graphics hardware, •Industry-leading support for all major high-definition software, and system design that is only available with the SGI Onyx family and standard-definition video formats and of visualization supercomputers. Stunning realism is only achieved when graphics-to-video output hardware and software are designed together and work in concert to render • Modular flexibility and serviceability compelling imagery and maintain the physical truthfulness behind it. • Binary compatibility with other SGI Onyx Techniques such as image-based rendering, dynamic shaders, and interactive family products volume rendering are possible because SGI APIs are designed to exploit the advanced features of the SGI Onyx family. The Right Architecture for Visual Problems Onyx visualization solutions are based on the award-winning SGI® NUMAflex™ architecture, which provides unprecedented modularity, configurability, and reliability. NUMAflex provides independent scaling and updates for all of the major system components including CPU, memory, storage, I/O, and graphics. The NUMAflex architecture is based on a shared-memory model for all com- putational resources, which allows system performance to increase linearly as additional resources are added. SGI Onyx has a balanced system architecture designed to simultaneously process 3D graphics, 2D imagery, video data, and high-performance computations. The SGI Onyx family scales from single-user environments up to the ultimate combination of supercomputing and visualiza- tion technologies, all with binary compatibility across prior, current, and future SGI products. SGI Onyx enables you to configure the most cost-effective solution for your problem today and provides limitless options to solve your problems as they evolve in the future, protecting your investment. Diverse Operating Modes Drive Productivity and Economy SGI Onyx visualization solutions offer flexible operating modes to keep the system working around the clock, thereby maximizing your ROI. These modes can include: use as an interactive multiuser advanced workstation, as an interactive graphics supercomputer, and as an advanced visual system driving an SGI® Reality Center® facility. Put it to work at night and on weekends as a compute server to create data for analysis during the next business day. On one day all of the SGI Onyx system’s advanced visualization power can be dedicated to solve one world-class problem, and the next day it can be partitioned to accelerate your entire department’s workflow. The Ultimate in Supercomputing and Visualization The SGI Onyx family is the world’s most powerful visualization system, providing breakthrough performance and features for the most demanding visual computing challenges. The family is supported by two different graphics subsystems: InfiniteReality® for the world’s best image quality, and InfinitePerformance™ for economical workflow acceleration. Each of these graphics subsystems comes in two classes, depending on the desired scalability: SGI® Onyx® 350, the more affordable option, supports up to 32 CPUs and eight graphics pipelines; SGI® Onyx® 3000 provides the ultimate in scalability, supporting up to 128 CPUs and 16 graphics pipelines. SGI Onyx 350 InfiniteReality4™ The perfect mix of industry-leading visualization performance and capabilities is provided in a cost-effective compact form factor. Solutions scale from 2 or 4 CPUs and one graphics pipeline SGI Onyx 350 up to 32 CPUs and eight graphics pipelines. InfinitePerformance InfiniteReality4 graphics provides the highest Are your scientific and image quality with unique capabilities such as engineering analysis 1GB of texture memory, 10GB of frame buffer problems becoming too memory, 12-bit-per-component pixels, 8 subsample complex to visualize on full-scene anti-aliasing, and hardware-accelerated workstations? Are you support for 3D textures. Rendering these looking for ways to interactively visualize complete models instead of advanced features brings other graphics systems single subassemblies? If so, this product provides an economical to their knees, but on systems with InfiniteRealtiy4, all of this can be advanced visualization solution for polygon-intensive applications. performed while still maintaining industry-leading pixel fill performance Solutions scale from 2 or 4 CPUs and one graphics pipeline in a small of over 1.3 anti-aliased Gpixels per second per pipeline. 2U package up to 32 CPUs and eight graphics pipelines in 18U. Taking advantage of the unique NUMAflex architecture and SGI’s zero-latency compositors, it offers sustained performance up to 140 million polygons per second. In addition, this product can provide a creative alternative to a department contemplating a workstation on every engineer’s desk. SGI Onyx 3000 SGI Onyx 3000 InfiniteReality4 The ultimate InfinitePerformance solution for the A more scalable version of the most challenging InfinitePerformance graphics family demands, this system’s allows for up to 128 CPUs and eight combination of high-performance com- graphics pipelines in one massive puting and advanced visualization provides faster shared-memory environment. This time to insight. This product can scale up to 16 product is designed primarily for users InfiniteReality4 pipelines and up to 128 CPUs with up to with massive computational problems 1TB of system memory and 716GB per second of I/O. All of requiring SGI supercomputing technology that horsepower can be harnessed to solve one “grand- who want to visualize their results. Being able to crunch challenge” class problem or it can be partitioned to support your big data and visualize it on the same machine without an entire department’s computational and graphics needs. moving the data over the network can dramatically accelerate your workflow. Scalable Graphics SGI has created a breakthrough in graphics system architectures that enables you to build an advanced visualization solution based on low-cost single-component graphics pipelines, which are combined to meet any requirements. Some problems may require a single pipeline’s performance capabilities, but many problems will require harnessing the power of two, four, or eight pipelines, all working seamlessly together to produce the desired results. SGI® Scalable Graphics Compositor provides the glue that enables these pipelines to work together. Each compositor receives DVI inputs from up to four pipelines, and then composites the rendered frames of each into one output. With the combination of the compositor’s zero latency and stress management software in the application, dynamic load balancing of the composition structure is enabled—ensuring that each pipeline is used to its maximum potential. Industrial Strength SGI Onyx systems provide insights for critical decisions, enabling breakthroughs in every industry in which competitive pressures fuel innovation. SGI Onyx systems deliver photo-realistic scenes of any data, from any perspective, in real time, with complete interactivity for either individual users or for a group collaborating in a variety of industries. Energy: Individual seismic analysts or asset teams Universal Access to Advanced Visualization are many times more Visual Area Networking enables anyone with a technologies are brought into the productive because networked computing device to access the power solution. These solutions involve InfiniteReality4 gives them 1GB of texture of an SGI Onyx system. Interactive applications that integration into existing infrastruc- memory, and interactive take advantage of advanced graphics, computing, ture and workflows, so customized volume visualization and scalable and I/O power are now available to IRIX,® Solaris,™ implementations of standard tech- displays allow them to optimize Linux,® and Windows® desktop and mobile nologies become essential. decisions across entire fields. computing users without any modifications to SGI visualization solutions underlying software. Visual Area Networking are based on proven Government: is the perfect complement to SGI advanced excellence, including More effective simulation visualization technologies because it enables systems design, and training for the military and technical and creative professionals to take their component selection, homeland security are enabled most powerful tool with them wherever they go. installation, and post- through increased model complexity, implementation customer image-based rendering, and full-scene High-Performance APIs Make the Development support. Tightly integrated 8 subsample anti-aliasing. of Differentiated Software Applications a Snap teams of technical experts SGI has a complete portfolio of advanced who have designed and Manufacturing: visualization software optimized to work with built these solutions Companies experience shorter time both InfiniteReality and InfinitePerformance before work closely to market with better products graphics, because great hardware is only part with customers to because designers can create more of the solution. Whether you are developing ensure a superior, accurate depictions of future prod- ucts using advanced shader and software for flight simulation, seismic analysis, comprehensive solution image-based rendering techniques photo-realistic design review, or the latest in film that delivers increased and display them in high-resolution, editing and special effects, SGI has software productivity, integrates life-size environments. designed just for you. It doesn’t matter if you seamlessly into the existing are starting from scratch or adding new features workflow, and delivers a Sciences: into existing code; software developed by SGI competitive business Researchers achieve differentiated makes it easy to leverage the power of the advantage. results in chemistry and pharma- Onyx family. And, when combined with ceutical research, medicine, Visual Area Networking, it allows you to deliver High-Performance physics, and engineering through the results directly to any desktop or mobile Connectivity the study of more complex computing device. SGI Onyx systems feature phenomena and the development of higher-quality virtual environments. versatile networking options SGI Digital Media including industry-standard SGI Onyx systems were designed with digital Ethernet, HIPPI, and FDDI Media: Creative professionals media solutions in mind. A suite of options interfaces. Fibre Channel and ATM benefit from higher- including professional-quality audio, high- connections take network capabilities impact on-air HD and SD graphics, definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) to a new level of communications film processing video input, HD and SD video output, and HD performance. The NUMAflex architec- at up to 4K and SD graphics-to-video output are available ture delivers unrivaled system bandwidth resolution, and to create a professional-grade digital media that scales with the system, so I/O devices higher-performance solution. In addition to the hardware, SGI in SGI Onyx systems operate at peak perfor- editing and compositing solutions using 48-bit provides Open ML software APIs to help mance, avoiding bandwidth contentions among RGBA color and real-time developers get the highest performance and graphics, video, storage, and I/O that bottleneck colorspace conversion. most functionality from their applications. other system architectures. Add to that SGI’s revolutionary CXFS™ high-performance shared End-to-End Superior Visualization Solutions filesystem, which provides true heterogeneous The impact of SGI Reality Center environments support for SAN environments with dramatic and Visual Area Networking solutions can be time savings, and you get a solution that meets dramatically improved when the appropriate all of your connectivity needs. SGI Onyx Technical Specifications Electrical and Power Environmental (Operating) Processor Types: MIPS® R16000™ 64-bit •Voltage: 200–230 VAC single phase and 3-phase •Temperature: +5°C to +35°C (5,000 MSL), •Power: 4,500 W available per power bay, N+1 +5°C to +30°C (10,000 MSL) SGI® Onyx® 350 Specifications (6x750 W supplies) •Humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing Number of processors: 2–32 •Heat: 15,100 BTU/hr •Altitude: 10,000' Number of graphics pipes: 1–8 •Service type: NEMA L6-30, 208 VAC at 30 amp Environmental (Nonoperating) Compute Module •Temperature: -40°C to +60°C •Processor: 2 or 4 CPUs with 4MB DDR full-speed SDRAM InfiniteReality Specifications •Humidity: 10% to 95% non-condensing secondary cache/CPU Graphics Enclosure •Altitude: 40,000' •Memory: Up to 8GB SDRAM 1–2 InfiniteReality4 pipelines •Graphics internal: 1 InfinitePerformance pipeline Dimensions and Weights Each G-brick is 29.75" (17U) height (not available with InfiniteReality systems) •SGI Onyx •Communication: 1 1000Base-T, 4 115.2 Kbaud serial ports, short rack (17U): 34" H, 40" D, 24" W; 250 lb max. 4 USB ports, 2 PS/2 ports, 1 L1 port InfiniteReality4 Pipeline •Standard SGI •Storage: 1 internal Ultra160 SCSI channel for up to 2 •Architecture: Geometry Engine®, Raster Manager (RM), Onyx rack (39U): 74" H, 50" D, 30" W; 970 lb max. 3.5" hot-pluggable fixed disk drive bays and and Display Generator subsystems 1 channel for externally attached storage, •Host connection: XIO™ channel—dedicated 1.6GB/sec Software optional CD/DVD-ROM drive •Texture memory: 1GB dedicated •System: IRIX® 6.5.20 or later, REACT™ real-time •Interfaces: 2 64-bit/100 MHz PCI-X buses compatible •Frame buffer: Up to 10GB extensions with 3.3 V and Universal 64-bit/66 MHz PCI •Display resolution: Up to 8.3M pixels •GraphicsX11 R6, Motif® Window Manager, OpenGL® with 2 slots each •Display outputs: 2- or 8-channel RGBHV output, one S-Video 1.2 with SGI imaging extensions, OpenML® •USB keyboard and mouse output, genlock with internal or external sync, •OpenGL •Optional professional or base audio hardware swap synchronization for multiple Performer™ Multipipe scene graph toolkit with support graphics pipes PCI/Memory Expansion Module for image-based rendering, clipmapping, •Anti-aliasing: True 4 or 8 stochastic subsample full-scene •3.5" (2U) height with 8 DIMMS holding 1–8GB RAM and and real-time rendering anti-aliasing 4 PCI/PCI-X slots •Color fidelity: 48-bit RGBA for up to 68 billion colors Electrical and Power (without InfiniteReality) •OpenGL Shader™ Dynamic, parameterized multipass shaders •Stereo: Quad-buffered active and passive stereo with compiled from a high-level image shader •Voltage: 120/220 VAC auto-sensing worldwide stereo emitter connections power supply language •Image-based •OpenGL •Power: 500W TPS Module, 50/60 Hz rendering: Eyepoint-independent photo-realistic rendering •Heat: 1,700 BTU/hr, max. Volumizer™ Interactive multipipe volume rendering •Clipmapping: Hardware-accelerated clipmapping toolkit with support for roaming, shading, •Electrical Service: 100/240VAC @15A, single-phase cord •Volume rendering: Texture lookup tables and true 3D textures •Service type: U.S., Japan, NEMA 5-15P (110 V), 6-15P (220 V) and performance scaling Performance •OpenGL With InfiniteReality •Texture fill: 8 subsample pixel fill at 1.29G pixels/sec/pipe Vizserver™ Visual Area Networking provides universal •Voltage: 200–230 VAC single phase •Volume rendering: Up to 800 M voxels/sec/pipe access to advanced visualization and •Power: 2000 W •Texture download: Up to 336MB/sec enables multiuser collaboration •Heat: 6,824 BTU/hr •OpenGL •Service type: NEMA L6-30, 208 VAC at 30 amp InfinitePerformance Specifications Multipipe™ Toolkit for applications to leverage multiple graphics pipe systems with optional application- V-Brick (for Onyx 3000 only) Onyx 3000 Specifications transparent support •1–2 InfinitePerformance pipes Number of processors: 4–128 •Each V-brick is 7" (4U) height Number of graphics pipes Service and Support 1 Integrated InfinitePerformance pipe (for Onyx 350 only) InfiniteReality: 1–16 SGI offers a broad range of services from installation and Dedicated 1.6GB/sec host connectivity InfinitePerformance: 1–8 implementation to system tuning and system management. InfinitePerformance Pipeline SGI services are designed to accelerate and optimize system Cx-Brick •128MB of graphics memory productivity and are delivered by SGI technical experts. •Processor: 4, 8, 12, or 16 CPUs with 8MB DDR full-speed •Up to 104MB of texture Support programs range from basic to 7/24 for mission-critical SDRAM secondary cache/CPU •128 bits/pixel including 24-bit eyespace Z buffer applications. For more information on available services, •Memory: Up to 32GB SDRAM •48-bit RGBA for up to 68 billion colors, Gouraud and specular please see www.sgi.com/support. shading accelerated in hardware Ix-Brick (Base System I/O) •Up to 2.6M pixels monoscopic or 1M pixels stereo driving 1 or 1 1000Base-T, 2 115.2 Kbaud serial ports, 4 USB ports, 1 internal 2 output channels (DVI-I) with genlock and swap synchronization Ultra160 SCSI channel for up to 2 3.5" hot-pluggable fixed disk drive bays, and 1 channel for externally attached storage, CD/DVD- Scalable Graphics Compositor ROM drive, 8 available slots on 4 64-bit/100 MHz PCI-X buses Combines 2, 3, or 4 digital display inputs (TMDS via DVI-D) into (for 3.3 V and universal cards), PCI audio card included a single digital (DVI-I) or analog (13W3) output using flexible composition modes with zero latency and load balancing Corporate Office North America 1(800) 800-7441 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy. 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