<s>
The	O
SGI	B-Device
Fuel	I-Device
is	O
a	O
mid-range	O
workstation	B-Device
developed	O
and	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
SGI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
equivalent	O
product	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
market	O
segment	O
was	O
not	O
provided	O
until	O
2008	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
Virtu	B-Device
product	O
line	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
x86	O
microprocessors	O
and	O
Nvidia	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fuel	O
is	O
sometimes	O
perceived	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
SGI	B-Device
O2	I-Device
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
(	O
SGI	O
never	O
made	O
a	O
new	O
low-end	O
system	O
after	O
O2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fuel	O
's	O
larger	O
sibling	O
is	O
the	O
SGI	B-Device
Tezro	I-Device
,	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
can	O
have	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
1GHz	O
R16000	O
CPUs	O
with	O
16	O
MB	O
L2	O
each	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Fuel	O
and	O
Tezro	B-Device
are	O
based	O
on	O
SGI	O
's	O
Origin	O
3000	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
proprietary	O
DDR	O
SDRAM	O
DIMMs	B-General_Concept
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
upgraded	O
to	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
4	O
GB	O
via	O
four	O
slots	O
in	O
two	O
banks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fuel	O
ships	O
with	O
two	O
alternative	O
VPro	B-General_Concept
graphics	O
options	O
,	O
the	O
V10	O
and	O
V12	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
V12	O
supports	O
high	O
quality	O
48-bit	O
RGBA	O
imaging	O
and	O
both	O
options	O
support	O
hardware-accelerated	O
2D	O
imaging	O
using	O
the	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ARB	O
extensions	O
(	O
real-time	O
rotation	O
,	O
zoom	O
,	O
pan	O
,	O
feature	O
adjustments	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mplayer	B-Application
application	O
uses	O
the	O
3D	O
graphics	O
hardware	O
to	O
accelerate	O
movie	O
playback	O
,	O
giving	O
good	O
support	O
for	O
DivX	B-Application
,	O
MPEG4	B-Algorithm
and	O
other	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
standard	O
configuration	O
,	O
the	O
Fuel	O
does	O
not	O
come	O
with	O
any	O
audio	O
hardware	O
,	O
although	O
speakers	O
may	O
be	O
attached	O
via	O
a	O
Universal	B-Protocol
Serial	I-Protocol
Bus	I-Protocol
sound	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
common	O
solution	O
to	O
add	O
audio	O
capabilities	O
is	O
to	O
install	O
a	O
M-Audio	O
Revolution	O
7.1	O
PCI	O
sound	O
card	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
Audigy	I-Device
2	I-Device
ZS	I-Device
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
also	O
has	O
two	O
internal	O
Ultra160	B-Architecture
SCSI	I-Architecture
busses	O
,	O
with	O
space	O
for	O
two	O
internal	O
5.25	O
"	O
devices	O
and	O
three	O
internal	O
hard	O
disks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fuel	O
usually	O
shipped	O
with	O
10,000	O
rpm	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
disks	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
can	O
take	O
good	O
advantage	O
of	O
15,000	O
rpm	O
models	O
,	O
with	O
sustained	O
bandwidths	O
up	O
to	O
three	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
is	O
possible	O
with	O
Octane2	O
's	O
internal	O
UW	O
bus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fuel	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
SGI	O
system	O
to	O
support	O
USB	B-Protocol
devices	I-Protocol
in	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
,	O
although	O
audio	O
and	O
HID	O
USB	B-Protocol
devices	I-Protocol
were	O
the	O
only	O
ones	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SGI	B-Device
Fuel	I-Device
is	O
only	O
officially	O
capable	O
of	O
running	O
SGI	O
's	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
begins	O
with	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
version	O
6.5.17	O
.	O
</s>
