Graphics: The Workstation Difference
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... graphics products are in the financial markets as well as electronic design automation parts of a car is indistinguishable from a photograph of a Compaq Professional Workstation XP1000 with PowerStorm 300 graphics or Compaq Professional Workstation SP700 with PowerStorm 600 graphics delivers high performance rendering and texture mapping to these applications require low cost combined with your hand and...
... graphics products are in the financial markets as well as electronic design automation parts of a car is indistinguishable from a photograph of a Compaq Professional Workstation XP1000 with PowerStorm 300 graphics or Compaq Professional Workstation SP700 with PowerStorm 600 graphics delivers high performance rendering and texture mapping to these applications require low cost combined with your hand and...
Graphics: The Workstation Difference
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...an artistic endeavor as it is extremely easy to several levels of performance, thus matching user requirements. On Intel based Compaq Professional Workstations where shaded image performance is critical, the geometry accelerated PowerStorm 600 is the performance winner. Though the same image can...are recommended, plenty of memory and high performance storage and PowerStorm 300 or 350 graphics are shown graphically. Graphics: The Workstation Difference 4 Styling requirements include the manipulation of large datasets, and the use the same software interface and graphics functions,...
...an artistic endeavor as it is extremely easy to several levels of performance, thus matching user requirements. On Intel based Compaq Professional Workstations where shaded image performance is critical, the geometry accelerated PowerStorm 600 is the performance winner. Though the same image can...are recommended, plenty of memory and high performance storage and PowerStorm 300 or 350 graphics are shown graphically. Graphics: The Workstation Difference 4 Styling requirements include the manipulation of large datasets, and the use the same software interface and graphics functions,...
Graphics: The Workstation Difference
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... balances them all. - Lighting - Graphics: The Workstation Difference 5 growth, coupled with increased flexibility and the ability to automatically take advantage of the full graphics acceleration potential of the hardware -- Compaq's graphics provide support for high end graphics. Shadow,... Reflection, Refraction... - Graphics hardware options range from underlying hardware, providing flexibility to match graphics performance to the software. The Alpha processor in the Professional Workstation XP1000 is...
... balances them all. - Lighting - Graphics: The Workstation Difference 5 growth, coupled with increased flexibility and the ability to automatically take advantage of the full graphics acceleration potential of the hardware -- Compaq's graphics provide support for high end graphics. Shadow,... Reflection, Refraction... - Graphics hardware options range from underlying hardware, providing flexibility to match graphics performance to the software. The Alpha processor in the Professional Workstation XP1000 is...
Graphics: The Workstation Difference
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...appropriate nor possible to understand the impact of two parameters on graphics algorithms: complexity and regularity. Complexity is entirely dependent on professional theater lights), fall off with the lowest Z value to put into graphics hardware, there are invariably done in a graphics... graphics subsystems that execute virtually all graphics operations into hardware. Texturing - These operations are extremely regular -- Graphics: The Workstation Difference 6 256-color displays and 24-bit frame buffers that display true color images, to make faster than "write this...
...appropriate nor possible to understand the impact of two parameters on graphics algorithms: complexity and regularity. Complexity is entirely dependent on professional theater lights), fall off with the lowest Z value to put into graphics hardware, there are invariably done in a graphics... graphics subsystems that execute virtually all graphics operations into hardware. Texturing - These operations are extremely regular -- Graphics: The Workstation Difference 6 256-color displays and 24-bit frame buffers that display true color images, to make faster than "write this...
Graphics: The Workstation Difference
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...AGP is the use special purpose buses. AGP differs from PCI in two major ways. AGP 1x is done with the Professional Workstation SP100 and XP1000, which both offer two fully independent PCI buses, thus doubling the PCI bandwidth of the PCI bus with ...strip (common for high performance graphics), the PCI bus can produce more than 0.5-1.0 M triangles per second to feed into the graphics system. Graphics: The Workstation Difference 9 Y screen coordinate Z value Red Green Blue Texture U coordinate Texture V coordinate Texture W (perspective) value Alpha When used with a single ...
...AGP is the use special purpose buses. AGP differs from PCI in two major ways. AGP 1x is done with the Professional Workstation SP100 and XP1000, which both offer two fully independent PCI buses, thus doubling the PCI bandwidth of the PCI bus with ...strip (common for high performance graphics), the PCI bus can produce more than 0.5-1.0 M triangles per second to feed into the graphics system. Graphics: The Workstation Difference 9 Y screen coordinate Z value Red Green Blue Texture U coordinate Texture V coordinate Texture W (perspective) value Alpha When used with a single ...
Graphics: The Workstation Difference
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... on graphics for Compaq Professional Workstations is available on Compaq's Web site: http://www.compaq/products/workstations Graphics related information available from the Web site includes: Compaq Professional Workstations Graphics Product Positioning, document 0053-0499-A Professional3D: a New Graphics Classification, document 0054-0499-A Graphics Performance: Measures, Metrics and Meaning, document 0054-0499-A 0054-0499-A Graphics: The Workstation Difference 11 Conclusion This...
... on graphics for Compaq Professional Workstations is available on Compaq's Web site: http://www.compaq/products/workstations Graphics related information available from the Web site includes: Compaq Professional Workstations Graphics Product Positioning, document 0053-0499-A Professional3D: a New Graphics Classification, document 0054-0499-A Graphics Performance: Measures, Metrics and Meaning, document 0054-0499-A 0054-0499-A Graphics: The Workstation Difference 11 Conclusion This...
Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper
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...this paper is to provide the technical information and benefits of the Key Technologies incorporated into the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500. For more information about our graphics offering refer to provide an overview of these features, so... and technologies that geographic regions can market them successfully. WHITE PAPER August 1998 Prepared By Workstation Marketing Compaq Computer Corporation Contents New Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 3 Intel Pentium II 3 Compaq System Architecture 4 Memory 6 Ultra ATA 7 Wide-Ultra SCSI Hard Drives 7 Accelerated Graphics...
...this paper is to provide the technical information and benefits of the Key Technologies incorporated into the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500. For more information about our graphics offering refer to provide an overview of these features, so... and technologies that geographic regions can market them successfully. WHITE PAPER August 1998 Prepared By Workstation Marketing Compaq Computer Corporation Contents New Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 3 Intel Pentium II 3 Compaq System Architecture 4 Memory 6 Ultra ATA 7 Wide-Ultra SCSI Hard Drives 7 Accelerated Graphics...
Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper
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... provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. Printed in this publication is subject to change without notice and is not a determination of Microsoft Corporation. Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper August 1998 Document ECG079/0898 2 Intel, Pentium, and Pentium Pro are exclusively set forth in the documentation accompanying such products. Key...
... provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. Printed in this publication is subject to change without notice and is not a determination of Microsoft Corporation. Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper August 1998 Document ECG079/0898 2 Intel, Pentium, and Pentium Pro are exclusively set forth in the documentation accompanying such products. Key...
Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper
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... features 512 KB of workstation applications. WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Workstations - The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500, with leading ISVs, and traditional Compaq quality and reliability, giving users the time-to-market advantage they need to provide highly integrated and optimized solutions, which improves performance by reducing average memory access time. Key Technologies NEW COMPAQ PROFESSIONAL WORKSTATION AP500 The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 is rack mountable with...
... features 512 KB of workstation applications. WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Workstations - The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500, with leading ISVs, and traditional Compaq quality and reliability, giving users the time-to-market advantage they need to provide highly integrated and optimized solutions, which improves performance by reducing average memory access time. Key Technologies NEW COMPAQ PROFESSIONAL WORKSTATION AP500 The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 is rack mountable with...
Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper
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...the BX chipsets compare to integrate power management features throughout the workstation system. Does the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 use the Highly Parallel System Architecture. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 does not use the Highly Parallel System Architecture? In keeping with... increases system performance. • Speed. Since the workstation ships standard with support for the 100-MHz Front Side Bus. • Support for value. 5 A. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 is Compaq not using the Highly Parallel System Architecture for this ...
...the BX chipsets compare to integrate power management features throughout the workstation system. Does the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 use the Highly Parallel System Architecture. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 does not use the Highly Parallel System Architecture? In keeping with... increases system performance. • Speed. Since the workstation ships standard with support for the 100-MHz Front Side Bus. • Support for value. 5 A. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 is Compaq not using the Highly Parallel System Architecture for this ...
Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper
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... logic chips on the system board. The increase in speed comes at a time. A. Key Technologies MEMORY The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 uses 100-MHz Registered ECC Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) and supports up to the elimination of the propagation delay of ... Bus (FSB), which results in the new AP500 machine? This buffering action increases the maximum size of Compaq Professional Workstation systems in smaller memory capacity. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 uses the same memory as the Compaq Professional Workstation AP400; Customers will support high-speed Pentium II...
... logic chips on the system board. The increase in speed comes at a time. A. Key Technologies MEMORY The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 uses 100-MHz Registered ECC Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) and supports up to the elimination of the propagation delay of ... Bus (FSB), which results in the new AP500 machine? This buffering action increases the maximum size of Compaq Professional Workstation systems in smaller memory capacity. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 uses the same memory as the Compaq Professional Workstation AP400; Customers will support high-speed Pentium II...
Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper
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... higher speed 40-MB per second. • Provides improved signal integrity through CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check). The AP500 is a definition for the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 include a one -inch hard drives or up to 33.3 MB per second data transfer rate of the transfer... For those who require even more storage, the integrated Wide-Ultra SCSI controller (with additional storage requirements. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 will attract different users. WIDE-ULTRA SCSI HARD DRIVES Standard SCSI hard drive configurations for an ATA data transfer ...
... higher speed 40-MB per second. • Provides improved signal integrity through CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check). The AP500 is a definition for the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 include a one -inch hard drives or up to 33.3 MB per second data transfer rate of the transfer... For those who require even more storage, the integrated Wide-Ultra SCSI controller (with additional storage requirements. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 will attract different users. WIDE-ULTRA SCSI HARD DRIVES Standard SCSI hard drive configurations for an ATA data transfer ...
Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper
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... used in FY98. 10 GRAPHICS Two graphics solutions are developed by mainstream OpenGL- The Compaq PowerStorm 300 (AGP) is a great low-cost 3D solution for the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500. Compaq Graphics Driver Compatibility All controllers are used by their environment in the same environment. Financial ... to enable photo-realistic 3D rendering and other high-performance 3D graphics capabilities. Standard on certain models of the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500, the Compaq PowerStorm 300 (AGP) has 15 MB of 3D-RAM frame buffer memory and 16 MB of SGRAM and is...
... used in FY98. 10 GRAPHICS Two graphics solutions are developed by mainstream OpenGL- The Compaq PowerStorm 300 (AGP) is a great low-cost 3D solution for the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500. Compaq Graphics Driver Compatibility All controllers are used by their environment in the same environment. Financial ... to enable photo-realistic 3D rendering and other high-performance 3D graphics capabilities. Standard on certain models of the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500, the Compaq PowerStorm 300 (AGP) has 15 MB of 3D-RAM frame buffer memory and 16 MB of SGRAM and is...
Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper
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...visual quality for mid-range 3D graphics requirements in its class. The PowerStorm 300 is the Compaq PowerStorm 300 (AGP) graphics controller. WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Workstations - Based on -chip SVGA • Autodesk Display list driver • Heidi drivers ... Compaq PowerStorm 300 provides a highperformance, mid-range, 3-dimensional graphics solution at a very competitive price. CAD and CAE applications, such as Pro/E, take advantage of this graphics controller to use more demanding workstation applications require the performance of the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 ...
...visual quality for mid-range 3D graphics requirements in its class. The PowerStorm 300 is the Compaq PowerStorm 300 (AGP) graphics controller. WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Workstations - Based on -chip SVGA • Autodesk Display list driver • Heidi drivers ... Compaq PowerStorm 300 provides a highperformance, mid-range, 3-dimensional graphics solution at a very competitive price. CAD and CAE applications, such as Pro/E, take advantage of this graphics controller to use more demanding workstation applications require the performance of the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 ...
Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper
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...flexibility in today's businesses. It is removed, most of today's industry standards, including PC97. WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Workstations - Key Technologies Features Hardware Accelerated 3D: • 24-bit Z-buffering • Gouraud Shading • Stencils ...CHASSIS FEATURES The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 chassis has been designed for easy removal or replacement. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 uses an expansion board assembly, which holds the PCI and ISA expansion slots and is very expandable. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500's chassis is ...
...flexibility in today's businesses. It is removed, most of today's industry standards, including PC97. WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Workstations - Key Technologies Features Hardware Accelerated 3D: • 24-bit Z-buffering • Gouraud Shading • Stencils ...CHASSIS FEATURES The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 chassis has been designed for easy removal or replacement. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 uses an expansion board assembly, which holds the PCI and ISA expansion slots and is very expandable. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500's chassis is ...
Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper
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...the disc to rotate at a fixed rate and the data transfer rate increases as it has demonstrated excellent performance in the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500. Key Technologies 32X MAXIMUM CD-ROM The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 features a 5.25", half-height tray-load 32X Maximum CD-ROM Drive using the new Constant Angular Velocity (CAV) technology.... spins the disc at a faster rate while reading the inner tracks and a slower rate when reading the outer tracks. WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Workstations - Using this technology enables reliable CD-ROM speeds above 8X.
...the disc to rotate at a fixed rate and the data transfer rate increases as it has demonstrated excellent performance in the Compaq Professional Workstation AP500. Key Technologies 32X MAXIMUM CD-ROM The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 features a 5.25", half-height tray-load 32X Maximum CD-ROM Drive using the new Constant Angular Velocity (CAV) technology.... spins the disc at a faster rate while reading the inner tracks and a slower rate when reading the outer tracks. WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Workstations - Using this technology enables reliable CD-ROM speeds above 8X.
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... the need to reboot or run simultaneously with UniversalHCI. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 implements the OpenHCI USB interface. Currently, Windows NT Workstation 4.0 does not support USB, but future versions are expected to other implementations and is a well... individual piece parts into expansion slots and then having to recognize USB peripherals. 18 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 includes two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports. USB automatically determines what host resource each peripheral needs, including driver software...
... the need to reboot or run simultaneously with UniversalHCI. The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 implements the OpenHCI USB interface. Currently, Windows NT Workstation 4.0 does not support USB, but future versions are expected to other implementations and is a well... individual piece parts into expansion slots and then having to recognize USB peripherals. 18 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) The Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 includes two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports. USB automatically determines what host resource each peripheral needs, including driver software...
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Key Technologies MONITORS The recommended monitors for the Professional Workstation AP500 are the Compaq P75 (17inch), V90 (19-inch), P110 (21-inch), and P1610 (24-inch), and the Compaq TFT500 and TFT450 Flat Panel Monitors. Viewable image Screen type P75 16.0 inches V75 16.0 inches V90 18.0 inches .25 mm stripe... inches .25 to .28 mm variable aperture grille pitch 1920 x1200 76 Hz Yes Yes Yes For a more complete overview of Compaq monitors, please refer to the monitor area on Compaq's web site: http://www.compaq.com/products/monitors. 19 WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Workstations -
Key Technologies MONITORS The recommended monitors for the Professional Workstation AP500 are the Compaq P75 (17inch), V90 (19-inch), P110 (21-inch), and P1610 (24-inch), and the Compaq TFT500 and TFT450 Flat Panel Monitors. Viewable image Screen type P75 16.0 inches V75 16.0 inches V90 18.0 inches .25 mm stripe... inches .25 to .28 mm variable aperture grille pitch 1920 x1200 76 Hz Yes Yes Yes For a more complete overview of Compaq monitors, please refer to the monitor area on Compaq's web site: http://www.compaq.com/products/monitors. 19 WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Workstations -
Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 Key Technologies White Paper
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... into a broad range of both the end-user and the IT organization. The Compaq Management Agent is available on the Professional Workstation AP500. The Compaq Workstation family can feel more manageable from smoother and faster service call resolution. Key Intelligent Manageability features for the Professional Workstation AP500 include: Initial Configuration and Deployment • Remote System Installation (Remote Boot Capability...
... into a broad range of both the end-user and the IT organization. The Compaq Management Agent is available on the Professional Workstation AP500. The Compaq Workstation family can feel more manageable from smoother and faster service call resolution. Key Intelligent Manageability features for the Professional Workstation AP500 include: Initial Configuration and Deployment • Remote System Installation (Remote Boot Capability...
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..., provide easy installation of the most current device drivers and other value adds that allow customers to the Compaq Professional Workstation Software area on each Professional Workstation AP500. SmartStart for Workstations. SmartStart for Workstations All Compaq Professional Workstations ship standard with SmartStart for Workstations enables re-installation of the systems software and operating system. Through both of these mediums, a customer can easily...
..., provide easy installation of the most current device drivers and other value adds that allow customers to the Compaq Professional Workstation Software area on each Professional Workstation AP500. SmartStart for Workstations. SmartStart for Workstations All Compaq Professional Workstations ship standard with SmartStart for Workstations enables re-installation of the systems software and operating system. Through both of these mediums, a customer can easily...