This porting guide describes UltimateVision graphics for Silicon Graphics Oynx4 UltimateVision visualization systems and Silicon Graphics Visualization Systems for Linux. UltimateVision graphics combines the high bandwidth and scalability of the Onyx architecture with superb graphics performance, programmability, and prevalence of off-the-shelf graphics processing units (GPUs).
This guide is intended for graphics programmers who use SGI systems. It describes the architectural features of UltimateVision graphics and how it supports new and existing extensions to OpenGL.
The following documents contain additional information that may be helpful:
OpenGL Reference Manual
OpenGL Programming Guide
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