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The sgi onyx reality engine "graphics card" was composed of like 5 motherboard sized pcb's. https://hardware.majix.org/computers/sgi.onyx/onyx.shtml https://ha
by somat 4y ago
The sgi onyx reality engine "graphics card" was composed of like 5 motherboard sized pcb's.
https://hardware.majix.org/computers/sgi.onyx/onyx.shtml https://hardware.majix.org/computers/sgi.onyx/onyx.shtml
- bofh23 4y agoI think it was 3 to 6 VME-sized boards. There was 1 Display Generator board, 1 Geometry Engine board (12 x Intel i860 processors in the RealityEngine2), and 1, 2, or 4 Raster Manager boards (for framebuffer and texture memory). I’m not sure if the maximum configuration of 6 boards could fit in the deskside chassis. That might have required the full rack chassis which had space for several sets of cards for multi-pipe systems. As for cooling, I know the full rack chassis had a huge blower. I’m not sure if the deskside models had blowers or more traditional axial fans.