SGI Prism

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SGI Prism
SGI Prism Front.jpg
SGI Prism front
Manufacturer Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Type Workstation
Release dateApril 2005 (2005-04)
Discontinued2010
Operating system Linux
CPU Itanium 2
Memory1 GB to 6.1 TB
Graphics FireGL R350, FireGL R420
ConnectivityUSB
Predecessor SGI Origin 3000
Successor SGI Virtu
Related SGI Altix
Website http://www.sgi.com/products/visualization/prism/ Archived 2005-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
SGI Prism Extreme front SGI PRISM EXTREME.jpg
SGI Prism Extreme front

The Silicon Graphics Prism is a series of visualization computer systems developed and manufactured by Silicon Graphics (SGI). Released in April 2005, the Prism's basic system architecture is based on the Altix 3000 servers, but with graphics hardware. [1] The Prism uses the Linux operating system and the OpenGL software library. [2]

Three models of the SGI Prism are Power, Team and Extreme levels.

The graphics pipelines for the Prism are ATI FireGL cards based on either the R350 or R420 GPUs.

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References

  1. "New Deskside Silicon Graphics Prism System Offers Double the Memory of IBM and HP Systems". News release. April 26, 2005. Archived from the original on April 27, 2005. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  2. "Silicon Graphics Prism Deskside" (PDF). Data sheet. April 20, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2005. Retrieved August 3, 2013.