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  SGI® Onyx® 3200 with InfinitePerformanceTM graphics SGI® Onyx® 3800-B with InfinitePerformance graphics SGI® Onyx® 3900 with InfinitePerformance graphics
Processors: 4 to 8 4 to 128 4 to 128
System bandwidth: 11.2GB/sec Up to 189GB/sec Up to 189GB/sec
Maximum memory: 16GB 256GB 256GB
Graphics pipeline: 1 independent InfinitePerformance graphics pipeline 1 to 8 InfinitePerformance graphics pipelines 1 to 8 InfinitePerformance graphics pipelines
Scalable graphics compositors: none 0 to 4 single tier up to 10 in multi-tier configurations 0 to 4 single tier up to 10 in multi-tier configurations
Concurrent graphics users: 1 1 to 8 1 to 8
Router type: none 8-port 8-port (internal)
Base I/O: One I-brick One I-brick One I-brick
Additional I/O: none Optional I, XIOTM, PCI, and PCI-X bricks Optional I, XIO, PCI, and PCI-X bricks
System disk: 36GB 36GB 36GB
Operating system: IRIX® 6.5.14 or higher IRIX 6.5.14 or higher for independent InfinitePerformance pipelines, IRIX® 6.5.15 or higher for use with the Scalable Graphics Compositor, IRIX® 6.5.18 or higher for multi-tier compositor trees IRIX 6.5.18 or higher

Photo of SGI Onyx 3200 with InfinitePerformance graphics SGI® Onyx® 3200 with InfinitePerformance graphics
SGI Onyx 3200 with InfinitePerformance graphics combines a single independent InfinitePerformance graphics pipe and scalable processing power in a compact form factor. This workhorse is perfectly tuned for power users and readily deployable tasks.
Photo of SGI Onyx 3800-B with InfinitePerformance graphics   SGI® Onyx® 3800-B with InfinitePerformance graphics
For organizations facing the most challenging tasks, only SGI Onyx 3800-B with InfinitePerformance graphics will do. It scales from 4 to 128 CPUs and one to 8 graphics pipelines in a single system. This is the ultimate machine for ultimate problems. Whether exploring the intricacies of complex chemical processes, executing detailed multidisciplinary engineering analyses, completing high-performance image analyses, or flexibly reconfiguring by the hour to meet an entire division's computational and graphics needs, Onyx 3800-B with InfinitePerformance graphics delivers the best in image quality and the best in system expansion and flexibility.
Photo of SGI Onyx 3900 with InfinitePerformance graphics   SGI Onyx 3900 with InfinitePerformance graphics
The SGI Onyx 3900 visualization system with InfinitePerformance graphics enables departments and enterprises to accelerate workflows associated with advanced visualization, large data, and fast I/O. It accomplishes this by integrating scalable computing, I/O, and multiple graphics pipes with the NUMAflexTM shared-memory architecture to deliver unsurpassed power in an easy-to-manage, dense form factor. And SGI Visual Area Networking solutions make it possible to deliver this power to multiple users anywhere, at any time, and to any desktop within your organization. In a departmental environment, SGI Onyx 3900 can support up to 32 CPUs, 64GB of shared memory, 6 graphics pipes, 1.2Gb per second of I/O, and 2TB of storage in a single rack while enterprises can scale solutions all the way up to 128 CPUs, 256GB of shared memory, 8 graphics pipes, 10Gb per second of I/O and hundreds of terabytes of storage in multirack systems.