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WOW. I did not know this. And now NVidia is far more than a "gaming" company.
by johnvanommen 8y ago
WOW. I did not know this. And now NVidia is far more than a "gaming" company.
- acdha 8y agoYeah, there's a really interesting alternative history of computing where SGI's management was anywhere near the same caliber as their engineering.
- Annatar 8y agoSGI engineers designed and implemented mind-blowing stuff: inst(1M) software management subsystem is still lightyears ahead of any other, even today, and how long has IRIX been out of production? Unbelievably mind blowing engineers.
- Annatar 8y agoYep. "Infinite Reality" was a precursor to the Nvidia technology today. That's when first shader pipelines came into existence.