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opus13
01-24-2005, 04:01 PM
http://www.fxguide.com/article227.html&mode=nested

Discreet first learned of the demise of Onyx several months, but was unable to disclose it until sgi made public its plans, sgi has been one of discreets most strategic hardware partners since discreet started. Discreet has been shipping software on SGI Onyx configurations for more than 10 years. Their first Onyx-based flame configuration with RealityEngine graphics shipped in 1994. However as graphics and computer platforms continued to gain in both performance and capabilities, Discreet migrated its flame product to first the Octanes and now the Tezros, with flint moving this year to non-sgi Linux hardware.

beaker
01-24-2005, 09:20 PM
SGI didn't get rid of the Onyx. They just stopped making the Onyx 2 which sgi uses for Infernos. The Onyx 2 is 8 years old, so it is about time they put it down. Onyx 300, 3000 and 4 are still being produced.

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