Tungsten Graphics Announces Phase II Contract Award by ATTC, FT Rucker, AL to Extend Chromium to Support CIGS (Computer Image Generator Subsystem)

Through funding provided by Developmental Test Command?s (DTC) Synthetic Environment Focus Group (SEFG), ATTC (U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center) is developing a Personal Computer (PC) Cluster based Scene Generation computer system, utilizing a Chromium infrastructure, to replace the existing Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) system.

Cedar Park, TX (PRWEB) July 14, 2004 -- Tungsten Graphics, inc., premiere provider of Graphics infrastructure software and services announced today, a Contract Award by ATTC, FT Rucker, AL to Extend Chromium to Support CIGS.

Through funding provided by Developmental Test Command?s (DTC) Synthetic Environment Focus Group (SEFG), ATTC (U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center) is developing a Personal Computer (PC) Cluster based Scene Generation computer system, utilizing a Chromium infrastructure, to replace the existing Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) system.

An important part of ATTC?s development of a PC-based CIGS is Chromium. Chromium is a flexible framework for scalable rendering on clusters of workstations, derived from the Stanford WireGL project. A Chromium system allows clusters of low cost, high performance, commodity computer hardware and graphics accelerators to be linked together over high speed networks in a scalable architecture. Although many OpenGL applications will run unmodified as distributed applications in a Chromium system, it?s often the case that customizations are needed to fully take advantage of Chromium.

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Tungsten Graphics Inc. (TG) is a graphics software consulting company that develops state of the art graphics and open infrastructure solutions running on Linux, FreeBSD, and other operating systems. TG was founded by Brian Paul (owner and principal author of Mesa), Frank LaMonica (former CEO of Precision Insight), Jens Owen (founding partner and former engineering manager of Precision Insight), and Keith Whitwell (senior engineer and major contributor to Mesa.)

TG has established itself as a premier consulting organization, providing vendor neutral development and world renowned software architectural leadership. Major clients include corporations such as Intel, General Dynamics, Lawrence Livermore National Labs, Red Hat, and The Weather Channel. Our team members have consistently demonstrated the commitment and ability to do whatever is required to bring projects to successful completion.

As a recognized contributor to many open source projects, TG has a proven track record of developing technology that has become standard in the industry. TG is an active participant in many graphics initiatives, including XFree86, Mesa, DRI, Chromium, and VNC. As a result, we can assure our clients that software we develop will integrate seamlessly into our client's open or proprietary systems, and all existing open source technologies.

Technical excellence, highly refined management skills, and unfaltering commitment, combined with the highest ethical and business standards make Tungsten Graphics a trusted partner for any serious project.

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