SGI uses ATI chips in Onyx4 super computer

[Bert]

According to German Heise news site, SGI is equipping its new Onyx4 super computer with ATI graphics chips: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jk-14.07.03-003/

There is nothing mentioned in SGI's own press release, however: http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/2003/july/onyx4.html
Neither is on the Onyx4 site http://www.sgi.com/visualization/onyx4/

Can anybody confirm this?

Edit: cnet is posting this, too http://news.com.com/2100-1010_3-1025324.html?tag=fd_top

[reever2]

It is most likely just a multicored R350 system since the graphic cores have 256mb of memory for each core

[The Baron]

Ah, so the R3x0 cores DO work in a SLI/MAXX style configuration...

[-=DVS=-]

Originally posted by The Baron
Ah, so the R3x0 cores DO work in a SLI/MAXX style configuration...

Well from the time of original MAXX and Windows 2k problem , ATI developed brindge chip so it can work in all OSes , should not be a problem for R300 to work in multi GPU system ;)

Correct me if im wrong :p

[reever2]

It uses 2 to 32 Fire GL X1 cores depending on which class of machine you buy. ONe site also stated Opengl 2.0 suport which is strange

[gokickrocks]

well the 9800 also supports opengl 2.0 w/ their f-buffer

[Bert]

Originally posted by reever2
It uses 2 to 32 Fire GL X1 cores depending on which class of machine you buy. ONe site also stated Opengl 2.0 suport which is strange

It's in SGI's official Onyx4 data sheet. And why would that be strange? ATI is the only one besides 3Dlabs with OpenGL 2 drivers (or better say GL2 extension support) yet. Though I expect NVIDIA to work on them, internally.

[The Baron]

Though I expect NVIDIA to work on them, internally.
*cough*