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The rare POWER Indigo 2

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Michael G
This is a Silicon Graphics workstation from 1995. Specifically, it is an ‘Teal’ Indigo 2 (as opposed to a ‘Purple’ Indigo 2, which came later). Ordinarily that’s rare enough – these things were about £30,000 brand new. A close look at the case badge though, marks this out as a ‘Teal’ POWER Indigo 2 – where instead of the usual MIPS R4600 or R4400SC CPU modules, we have the rare, unusual, expensive and short-lived MIPS R8000 module. ↫ Jonathan Pallant It’s rare these days to find an article about exotic hardware that has this many detailed photographs – most people just default to making videos now. Even if the actual contents of the article aren’t interesting, this is some real good hardware pornography, and I salute the author for taking the time to both take and publish these photos in a traditional way. That being said, what makes this particular SGI Indigo 2 so special? The R8000 is not a CPU in the traditional sense. It is a processor, but that processor is comprised of many individual chips, some of which you can see and some of which are hidden under the heatsink. The MIPS R8000 was apparently an attempt to wrestle back the Floating-Point crown from rivals. Some accounts report that at 75 MHz, it has around ten times the double-precision floating point throughput of an equivalent Pentium. However, code had to be specially optimised to take best advantage of it and most code wasn’t. It lasted on the market for around 18 months, before bring replaced by the MIPS R10K in the ‘Purple’ Indigo 2. ↫ Jonathan Pallant And here we see the first little bits of writing on the wall for the future of all the architectures trying to combat the rising tide of x86. SGI’s MIPS, Sun’s SPARC, HP’s PA-RISC, and other processors would stumble along for a few more years after this R8000 module came on the market, but looking back, all of these companies knew which way the wind was blowing, and many of them would sign onto Intel’s Itanium effort. Itanium would fail spectacularly, but the cat was out of the bag, and SGI, Sun, and HP would all be making standard Xeon and Opteron workstations within a a few years. Absolutely amazing to see this rare of a machine and module lovingly looked after.

Transform Your Data Center with Hyperconverged Infrastructure!

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Michael G

Video by via Dailymotion Source Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) brings together computing, storage, and networking into one unified system. 🚀 This means fewer components to manage, saving time, energy, and resources. Imagine all your data center needs in one simple, powerful solution—moving from complexity to simplicity! 🛠️💻 Why is HCI a Game Changer? ⚡ Enhanced Efficiency:…

PBBM, bumisita at namahagi ng tulong sa mga nasalanta ng bagyo sa Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela at…

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Michael G

Video by via Dailymotion Source Lumobo na sa mahigit P10B ang pinsala sa agrikultura ng anim na magkakasunod na bagyo na humagupit sa bansa. Binisita at naghatid ng tulong ang pangulo sa ilang napuruhan ng bagyo sa Luzon. 24 Oras is GMA Network’s flagship newscast, anchored by Mel Tiangco, Vicky Morales and Emil Sumangil. It…

THEY WROTE THIS RAP IN JUST ONE DAY! | India’s Got Latent

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Michael G

Video by via Dailymotion Source THEY WROTE THIS RAP IN JUST ONE DAY! | India’s Got Latent #samayraina #balrajghai #indiasgotlatent#indiasgotlatent #samayraina #standupcomedy #comedy #funny #gamerfleet #nishanttanwar #karansinghmagic #balrajghai #coding #igl #javascript Meet Hsevras and Itshyde aka Sharvesh and Himanshu, the rapper duo who wrote their rap faster than you can read their stage names! Go…

Coordinate Spaces – Game Math Theory

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Michael G

Video by via Dailymotion Source In this Game Math Theory episode, I will explain why different coordinate spaces are important in game development and Computer Graphics in general. I will cover local/object/model space, world space, view/camera space, clip/projection space, screen space and tangent space. No more confusion while creating your shaders. 👉 Do you want…

Gilas Pilipinas, wagi kontra NZ Tall Black sa window 2 ng FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Michael G

Video by via Dailymotion Source Gilas Pilipinas, wagi kontra NZ Tall Black sa window 2 ng FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers For more news, visit: ►https://www.ptvnews.ph/ Subscribe to our DailyMotion Channel:►http://www.dailymotion.com/peoples-television-incorporated Subscribe to our YouTube channel:►http://www.youtube.com/ptvphilippines Like our Facebook pages:►PTV: http://facebook.com/PTVph ►Rise and Shine Pilipinas: https://www.facebook.com/riseandshinepilipinas Follow us on Twitter: ►http://twitter.com/PTVph Follow us on Instagram:►https://www.instagram.com/ptvph Watch…

Gautam Adani Bribery Case : अडानी केस में America के Sanjay Wadhwa and Tejal Shah कौन हैं| वनइंडिया

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Michael G

Video by via Dailymotion Source Gautam Adani Bribery Case : अरबपति गौतम अडानी (Gauram Adani) के खिलाफ न्यूयॉर्क की फेडरल कोर्ट (Federal Court of New York) ने अरेस्ट वॉरंट जारी किया है. आरोप है कि उन्होंने भारत में सोलर एनर्जी (Solar Energy) का कॉन्ट्रैक्ट पाने के लिए सरकारी अफसरों को 26.5 करोड़ डॉलर जो कि…

Motoristas de aplicativo protestam em Maceió após assassinato de colega

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Michael G

Video by via Dailymotion Source Na manhã desta sexta-feira (22), motoristas de aplicativo realizaram protestos em várias áreas de Maceió em razão do assassinato do colega Márcio Vieira Rocha, de 38 anos. Ele foi morto a facadas, e seu corpo foi encontrado abandonado em um canavial na Cidade Universitária. Os manifestantes iniciaram os bloqueios na…

Google bị chính quyền Mỹ yêu cầu chấm dứt độc quyền công cụ tìm kiếm

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Michael G

Video by via Dailymotion Source Những rắc rối liên quan đến hoạt động độc quyền đã khiến Google bị Bộ Tư pháp Mỹ (DOJ) yêu cầu thực hiện các thay đổi lớn, bao gồm cả bán Chrome. Go to Source

Global trading and sourcing company

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Michael G

Video by via Dailymotion Source Global trading and sourcing company Go to Source

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