By Elina Shatkin, October 7, 2004
SGI workstations running ART VPS's accelerated ray-tracing chip sets were demonstrated publicly for the first time at the SGI Technology Forum in Paris. The AR350 chips, configured in sets of eight and 16, are expected to be available in SGI workstations within the next two months.
Silicon Graphics Fuel and Silicon Graphics Tezro workstations are designed to address the requirements of scientific, engineering and creative professionals
. The company's VPro graphics technology provides high-performance texturing and interactive rendering, realistic 3D lighting, 48-bit RGBA for 2D/3D imaging, and resolutions up to 1920x1200 pixels at 60 and 72 Hz.
ART VPS's modular ray-tracing architecture accelerates 3D rendering by distributing it across an array of chips. The systems generate full-frame previews in seconds, and give users the speed to take advantage of advanced 3D rendering features such as multiple area lights, accurate 3D motion blur and depth of field, secondary illumination, HDRI lighting, special RenderMan shaders, and physically based materials, lighting and camera properties.
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