<s>
SGI	B-Device
Virtu	I-Device
is	O
a	O
computer	O
product	O
line	O
from	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
dedicated	O
to	O
visualization	B-Application
,	O
announced	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
represents	O
a	O
return	O
of	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
to	O
the	O
visualization	B-Application
market	O
after	O
several	O
years	O
of	O
focus	O
on	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
SGI	B-Device
Virtu	I-Device
workstations	B-Device
effectively	O
replaced	O
the	O
SGI	B-Device
Fuel	I-Device
,	O
SGI	B-Device
Tezro	I-Device
and	O
SGI	B-Device
Prism	I-Device
workstations	B-Device
that	O
were	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Virtu	O
range	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
rack-mounted	O
server	O
configuration	O
(	O
Virtu	O
VN200	O
)	O
and	O
four	O
workstation	B-Device
configurations	O
(	O
Virtu	O
VS	O
series	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
are	O
re-badged	O
systems	O
from	O
BOXX	O
Technologies	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
or	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
processors	O
and	O
Nvidia	B-Application
Quadro	I-Application
graphics	O
chipsets	O
,	O
running	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	O
,	O
SUSE	O
Linux	O
Enterprise	O
Server	O
or	O
Windows	O
Compute	O
Cluster	B-Architecture
Server	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
SGI	B-Device
Virtu	I-Device
VN200	O
is	O
a	O
high	O
density	O
node	O
installed	O
in	O
a	O
rack-mounted	O
enclosure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
node	O
itself	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
two-way	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
5400	O
architecture	O
and	O
supports	O
Nvidia	B-Application
Quadro	I-Application
graphic	O
cards	O
and	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
clustered	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SGI	B-Device
Virtu	I-Device
VS	O
series	O
are	O
the	O
workstation	B-Device
models	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtu	O
VS100	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
two-way	O
Quad	O
Core	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtu	O
VS200	O
is	O
a	O
two-way	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
configuration	O
,	O
Virtu	O
VS300	O
a	O
four-way	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
and	O
Virtu	O
VS350	O
is	O
an	O
eight-way	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
systems	O
accept	O
the	O
full	O
range	O
of	O
Nvidia	B-General_Concept
Quadro	I-General_Concept
Plex	I-General_Concept
and	O
Nvidia	B-Application
Quadro	I-Application
graphic	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NVIDIA	B-Device
SLI	I-Device
is	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
