Tungsten Graphics Releases Personal Visualization Cluster (PVC) 1.1 with Enhanced Functionality and Performance

Tungsten Graphics, inc., premiere Graphics Systems Engineering Company and provider of Graphics infrastructure software and services announced today, the introduction of the Tungsten Graphics PVC 1.1 - Personal Visualization Cluster. Tungsten Graphics PVC 1.1 - PVC 1.1 systems are based upon the Chromium Platform with enhanced TG Chromium Performance and Functionality, HP xw9300 Series Workstation, Topspin Infiniband Switching Technology, and nVidia PCI Express Graphics. PVC 1.1 represents a quantum step forward in I/O bandwidth for high performance visualization applications.

Woodbury, CT (PRWEB) February 23, 2005 -- Tungsten Graphics, inc., premiere Graphics Systems Engineering Company and provider of Graphics infrastructure software and services announced today, the introduction of the Tungsten Graphics PVC 1.1 - Personal Visualization Cluster .

PVC 1.1 clusters are built using HP xw9300 workstations, featuring dual AMD Opteron processors, dual PCI Express, up to 16 GB memory, and 1.6 TB local SATA storage. Topspin Infiniband, nVidia PCI Express Graphics, and TG Chromium functionality deliver a high performance, low cost cluster visualization solution. Performance gains, particularly for Visualization Applications utilizing large data sets can be dramatic.

Tungsten Graphics 1.1 introduces a number of functional enhancements which greatly improve Cluster Rendering performance and scalability. Enhanced functionality includes: One to Many Broadcast, One to Many Reassembly, Many to One Reassembly, Many to One Composite, Many to Many Composite (Small Display Wall Compositing). Ken Mulcahy, President, Tungsten Graphics said, Tungsten Graphics' PVC 1.1 system building blocks are: well engineered, the highest available performance, extremely reliable, and unquestionably supportable." PVC 1.1 solutions are designed to protect and grow the customers investment. A license for TG Chromium is included with the purchase of a PVC 1.1 cluster at no additional charge. This license includes Free software updates to the PVC 1.1 cluster for the life of the cluster. TG offers as a service the installation, testing, and configuration of TG Chromium software.

Tungsten Graphics PVC 1.1 is designed to support a host of commercial and home grown applications. Tungsten Graphics offers application porting and tuning, custom applications development, and support services. Services can range from software extensions to the base chromium to complete hardware / software solutions for specific graphic, performance, and display requirements.

About Tungsten Graphics
Tungsten Graphics Inc. (TG) is a graphics engineering company that develops state of the art graphics and open infrastructure solutions running on Linux, FreeBSD, and other operating systems.
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.

For more information please see www.tungstengraphics.com

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