Tag Archives: SGI

Ray Tracing Is No New Thing

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Blake Patterson

In the world of modern PC graphics hardware, all the buzz right now is about a rendering technique call ray tracing. This is mainly due to the release of Nvidia’s RTX development platform and Microsoft announcing its compatible DirectX Raytracing (DXR) … Continue reading →

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A Glimpse of Paradigm Simulation’s ‘Certain Impact’ for SGI / IRIX

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Blake Patterson

I’ve been spending some time over the past few days with my SGI O2 which sits on a desk in my DC office. I took it off the shelf and brough it in to work so that it could get a little lunchtime use a … Continue reading →

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The SGI 1600SW Flat-Panel Display Saga [Updated 2024]

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Blake Patterson

Back in ’03 I grabbed an SGI O2 system on eBay. I always wanted an SGI to play with (used them in the lab back in college for a bit) and it seemed the O2 was the best bang for … Continue reading →

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