SLIDE 1 - THE POWER TO SEE THE JOB THROUGH PERFORMANCE + PA-RISC provides the highest performance platforms + closely coupled graphics for additional performance on high level graphics functions + industry leadership in X Window System performance + software packages designed to maximize system power and take advantage of distributed computing OPEN SYSTEMS BASED ON STANDARDS + Portability + Interoperability + Scalablity + Access to new technology + Ease of use INVESTMENT PROTECTION + graphics designed with system growth in mind + "Performance scaling" provides increase in performance with CPU upgrade + software improvements make the most of your system + strong focus on industry standards SLIDE 2 - THE RIGHT GRAPHICS FOR THE RIGHT PRICE Here are the topics we want to cover. Let's start looking at HP's solutions with the entry-level systems which provide a full range of graphics capabilities at an entry-level price. SLIDE 3 - ENTRY LEVEL GRAPHICS Here we look at the entry-level graphics systems the 8-plane greyscale and color capabilities. In the 715/725 models this capability is built in to the base system. In the other models this is through the GRX or CRX single board option. These entry-level systems are ideal for personal productivity tools as well as less graphics intensive commercial and technical applications. The scalability of these systems also allow the entry-level Series 700 graphics systems to perform in an even wider range of applications. Additionally, PowerShade provides a software implementation of advanced functionality on entry-level color configurations. This allows infrequent users access to the more advanced functionality such as dynamic lighting and shading so that, rather than invest in hardware that will be under-utilized, an occasional MCAD user can render a completed design in shaded 3D with hidden surface removal. The addition of double buffering in the application again increases functionality by enhancing display performance for animation. + integrated greyscale and color provide 4/4 double buffering + GRX and CRX provide 8/8 double bufering Furthermore, with the distributed capabilities of Shared X and PowerShade 2.0, you can share the graphics capabilities of **higher end** systems. SLIDE 4 - HP DISTRIBUTED GRAPHICS COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT In order to provide computing services from the desktop to the data center and do so efficiently, tools are needed to allow communication between various groups and between co-workers. Two of the strongest tools in the cooperative computing environment are SharedX and PowerShade 2.0's Virtual Memory Extension to X (VMX). SharedX allows users to view the same 2D image. The images can be shared with any system running an X server, including an X terminal. With the introduction HP Powershade 2.0 and HP-UX 9.0, capabilities such as VMX and support for transmitting data over Ethernet, the HP 700/RX family of X stations can now interactively display 3D graphics applications. VMX performance with HP 700/RX stations is very good due to the outstanding networking code of the HP 700/RX. Performance using HP Powershade 2.0 with HP X stations is as much as 40% faster than competitive X terminals when receiving images. How VMX Works HP Powershade 2.0 has added the VMX capability in which the graphics rendering is output to a portion of the host system (HP 9000) memory. It is then converted to the X Window System protocol and transmitted over the network to an HP 700/RX station. To help reduce network traffic, VMX incorporates a bounding box algorithm which only sends portions of the viewed image that have changed since the last view down the network. Where VMX is Applicable The VMX extension to HP Powershade 2.0 is limited in performance by the speed of today's Ethernet networks. Applications that exceed these limits will cause a degradation in use response times. Any existing applications that support Starbase, Phigs, and/or Pexlib (future) should operate with an HP 700/RX. SLIDE 5A - ENTRY-LEVEL GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE Use this slide to discuss a range of competitors. Use slide 5B for SGI-only comparison. All data is normalized to the performance of the HP system. The 33 Mhz Model 715 with integrated 8-plane color is compared to the SGI Indigo R3000 with entry level graphics, The DEC M25 PXG and the Sun SPARCStation 10 Model 30 with GX graphics. The 3D measurements for the 715 require the use of PowerShade software. Note the excellent 3D performance that PowerShade provides. Also note that the Sun system cannot deliver 3D graphics and hence no number is available for lighted, shaded quads. Of these systems, the HP is also the lowest cost. SLIDE 5B - ENTRY-LEVEL GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE Use this slide to disucss SGI only. Use slide 5A for a range of competitors. Note that all data is normalized to the performance of the SGI system being compared. The 33 Mhz Model 715 with integrated 8-plane color is compared to the SGI Indigo R3000 with entry level graphics, also an 8-plane color option. The 3D measurements for the 715 require the use of PowerShade software. Note the excellent 3D performance that PowerShade provides. SLIDE 6 - THE RIGHT GRAPHICS FOR THE RIGHT PRICE Let's step up a level to the mid-range desktop graphics and take a look at true color systems. SLIDE 7 - MID-RANGE DESKTOP GRAPHICS The CRX-24 board moves graphics functionality into the scientific and advanced commercial markets providing true color capabilities. In addition, by adding PowerShade software the CRX-24 board becomes capable of displaying solids. With the addition of PowerShade, the CRX-24 can perform dynamic lighting and shading as well as fast volumetric rendering (alpha blending). The CRX-24's 12/12 double buffering again increases system functionality by enhancing display performance for animation. SLIDE 8A - MID-RANGE GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE Use this slide to disucss a range of competitors. Use slide 8B for SGI-only comparison. Data is normalized to the performance of the HP system. For mid-range systems let's compare the 50 Mhz Model 715 CRX-24Z with the SGI Indigo R4000 XS/24Z, the DEC M200 with PXGT+ and the Sun SPARCStation 10 Model 30 with GS graphics. The HP performance is superior on every count. Of these systems, the HP is also the lowest cost. SLIDE 8B - MID-RANGE GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE Use this slide to disucss SGI only. Use slide 8A for a range of competitors. Note that data is normalized to the performance of the SGI system being compared. For mid-range systems let's compare the 50 Mhz Model 715 CRX-24Z with the Indigo R4000 XS/24Z. SLIDE 9 - THE RIGHT GRAPHICS FOR THE RIGHT PRICE For the high-end, graphics intensive application, capabilities are key. But capability without performance is only part of the picture. We can deliver both. SLIDE 10 - ADVANCED GRAPHICS Building on the functionality of the entry and mid-range systems, the Z buffered graphics subsystems provide the full range of graphics capabilities. Powershade software is bundled with the CRX-24Z and CRX-48Z boards providing high- performance lighting and shading capabilities for surface rendering while maintaining fast data animation capabilities. The 12/12 double buffering capabilities of the CRX-24Z provide enhanced display performance for animation for non-true color applications. The CRX-48Z allows full true color double buffering for interactive animation rates. While the advanced graphics systems are powerful in their own right they can also be used to increase the power of entry and mid-range graphics systems through the VMX capabilities of PowerShade 2.0 discussed earlier. Likewise, the power of PHIGS and PEX software can be used to full benefit on these advanced systems and to enhance the graphics capabilities of more modestly configured systems. SLIDE 11 PEX - THE OPEN GRAPHICS STANDARD The industry is at a crossroads in the graphics marketplace. The need to reduce development costs and increase portability, along with the availability of high-performance, low-cost workstations that support 3D graphics, is pressuring applications developers to standardize on a single 3D graphics programming tool. The choice entails significant investment. There are several viable third-party libraries that meet specific customer requirements, but the major contenders for standardization are PHIGS, PEXlib, and OpenGL. Why has HP chosen PEX? By choosing PEX as your strategic graphics library, you gain the ability to track the mainstream of computer graphics library development, eliminating the need for future porting and avoiding maintenance of multiple versions of source code. PEX provides: PORTABILITY - developed by the MIT X Consortium, PEX follows the same open model as X Windows - runs a full range of applications on a wide range of hardware - provides binary portability because it is an extension to the X protocol - PEX provides for portability by using the ISO/ANSI standard PHIGS API and the PEXlib low-level API is defined by multiple vendors INTEROPERABILITY - open, standards based, client-server model - widely supported by workstation vendors which ensures interoperability - guaranteed portability ( Siggraph and interop labs) - portability and interoperability is ensured by the PEX Interoperability Center and SIGGRAPH interoperability demonstrations ACCESS TO NEW TECHNOLOGY - seamless integration of user interface and graphics - the ability to add 3D graphics to existing X applications - integration with X allows for future expansion EASE OF USE - improved development productivity, familiar API's reduce development costs and time to market - strong feature set available through multi-level APIs (PHIGS, PHIGS+, PEXlib) - network distributed graphics provide instant application availability - full 3D client server performance - proprietary API's do not mean the best performance any more Here is what the analysts have to say: "We believe that PEX, along with ... PHIGS, will become the de facto standard for CAD display applications by 1995 (0.7 probability)... PEX has a good technology foundation evolving in the right direction. Users evaluating design systems should consider PEX support as a future requirement [and] begin pressuring vendors to support the PHIGS API so that graphics choices can be narrowed down for better manageability in the future" - Gartner Group, Midrange Computing Strategies, August 15, 1991 "In time, we expect it [PEXlib] will become the dominant 3D interface." - The Anderson Report, February 1992 "In CAD, PHIGS is today's choice while PEXlib will emerge as a leader in the future." - Gartner Group, Inc., Computer Integrated Manufacturing, April 27, 1992 SLIDE 12 - ADVANCED DESKTOP GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE Data is normalized to the performance of the SGI system. Note that CRX-24Z graphics were used in mid-range desktop performance comparison on a 715 base. Here we compare the CRX-24Z graphics on a Model 735 with the SGI Crimson R4000 XS/24Z. By taking advantage of "performance scaling", the ability to gain additional graphics performance by just a CPU upgrade, the CRX-24Z does double duty as a component of a mid-range or advanced graphics system. For this advanced graphics comparison HP outperforms in each category. Note also that SGI's graphics solution requires increasingly large amounts of exotic graphics hardware, "Geometry Engines," along with the additional graphics boards, to solve what is a straightforward problem if you have sufficient CPU power. In contrast, HP focuses on the essentials: high performance vector drawing, high performance polygon fill, Z-buffer hardware and 24-bit true color. SLIDE 13 - ADVANCED GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE Data is normalized to the performance of the SGI system. For advanced systems let's compare the HP Model 735 CRX-48Z with the SGI Crimson Elan. HP outperforms in each category. Note also that SGI's graphics solution requires increasingly large amounts of exotic graphics hardware, "Geometry Engines," along with the additional graphics boards, to solve what is a straightforward problem if you have sufficient CPU power. In contrast, HP focuses on the essentials: high performance vector drawing, high performance polygon fill, Z-buffer hardware and double buffered 24-bit true color. SLIDE 14 - THE RIGHT GRAPHICS FOR THE RIGHT PRICE Let's take a look at the whole graphics family and see how the advantage of PA RISC architecture translates into a graphics advantage. SLIDE 15 - THE WHOLE PICTURE One of the strengths of the HP product offering is in providing additional graphics capabilities through the graphics subsystem only. No additional "graphics engines" are required to increase your graphics functionality. Moving from the GRX greyscale graphics through the high-end CRX-48Z the user increases graphics functionality from wireframe all the way up to interactive animation of 3D true color solid models. In addition, by adding PowerShade software even the CRX and CRX-24 boards are capable of displaying solids. + Adding PowerShade to CRX or integrated color systems allows dynamic lighting and shading + With the addition of PowerShade, the CRX-24 can perform dynamic lighting and shading as well as fast volumetric rendering + Powershade software is bundled with the CRX-24Z and CRX-48Z boards providing high-performance lighting and shading capabilities for surface rendering while maintaining fast data animation capabilities. The addition of double buffering in the application again increases functionality by enhancing display performance for animation. + integrated greyscale and color provide 4/4 double buffering + GRX and CRX provide 8/8 double bufering + CRX-24 and 24Z provide 12/12 double buffering This scalability allows the Series 700 graphics family to perform in a wide range of markets. To complement the comprehensive graphics products family, HP offers a range of software products. The software products include 2D and 3D, proprietary and open, standards based packages, high-level API's and low-level API's. Their aim is to provide full performance and the functionality to get the job done quickly and cost-effectively. X Window System - The X11 network protocol is the de facto standard in the workstation industry. The X11 display calls provide the most portable 2D graphics in the world. And HP provides the fastest performance available. Shared X - SharedX allows users to share 2D images to any system running an X server. This is a primary building block of collaborative computing. VMX - Just as SharedX allows you to share 2D images to any system running an X server, VMX (Virtual Memory X) allows you to share a 3D image with any X system. This provides you with 3D display capability on an X terminal. VMX is integrated with PowerShade and SharedX. Starbase - Starbase is HP proprietary 2D/3D graphics API which gives the software developer access to a wide range of graphics functionality. PHIGS - The ANSI/ISO standard for 2D/3D graphics distributed on X. HP's PHIGS implementation provides the user with performance comparable to the proprietary Starbase API. PEX/PEXlib - PEX (PHIGS extension on X), the emerging industry standard, defines the protocol and low-level API for distributed 3D graphics. PEX has been endorsed by most of the major workstation manufacturers. PowerShade - 3D visualization on any Series 700 color workstation is possible through the PowerShade software. Capabilities include lighting, smooth shading, and volumetric modeling (alpha blending). ARTCore ARTCore is a device independent libraary that allows you to produce photo-realistic images. It provides precise and realistic rendering of complex geometric relationships, materials and lighting effects. ARTCore utilizes radiosity and ray-tracing technology. SLIDE 16 - HP GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE Note that data on slide is normalized to CRX graphics. Scalability of graphics functionality is also demonstrated through performance. Because the graphics architecture is designed to accelerate functions too complex for the general purpose CPU, you can see the clear performance benefit to the higher graphics functions from the CRX-24Z and 48Z boards. Note the extraordinary increase in performance for such elements as 3D triangles and lighted and shaded quadrilaterals. One of the true strengths of the HP graphics product offering is "performance scaling." This means that, in addition to the performance benefit to higher level functions, you can expand graphics performance for all classes of graphics objects with a CPU upgrade, protecting your graphics investment. SLIDE 17 - THE WHOLE PICTURE CLOSE UP Comprehensive graphics offering across all platforms plus addition of new high-end 48Z provides the appropriate system for any market. Graphics performance scales with the CPU. The graphics architecture was designed to be tightly coupled with the extremely fast PA-RISC processors, accelerating only those graphics routines too complex to be handled by a general purpose CPU. New EISA versions of CRX graphics boards for Scorpio differ from previous versions in form factor only which ensures that applications will move transparently to the new entry level 3D systems. Multi-monitor, single-user configurations provide expanded screen real estate. DATA SHEET ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Integrated Greyscale platforms : 715, 725 conifguration : integrated 8-plane greyscale with 4/4 double buffering features : fast X window performance, entry level price markets : desktop publishing, CASE, info management and retrieval Integrated color platforms : 715, 725 conifguration : integrated 8-plane color with 4/4 double buffering features : fast X window and vector performance, entry level price markets : EDA, 2D mechanical CAD and drafting, 2D AEC, CASE GRX platforms : 720, 730, 735 conifguration : modular 1 board, 8-plane greyscale with 8/8 double buffering features : high performance, low cost markets : desktop publishing, CASE, info management and retrieval CRX platforms : 720, 730, 735, 750, 755 conifguration : modular 1 board, 8-plane color with 8/8 double buffering features : Leading X performance, extremely fast vectors, solids with PowerShade markets : EDA, mechanical CAD, low-end mech. CAE, financial, GIS, sci. analysis CRX-24 platforms : 715, 720, 725, 730, 735, 750, 755 conifguration : modular 1 board, 24-plane or 12/12 double buffering, 8 overlay planes features : true color for solid modeling markets : sci. analysis, visualization, imaging, earth/energy resources, GIS CRX-24Z platforms : 715, 720, 725, 730, 735, 750, 755 conifguration : 1 board w daughter card, 24-plane or 12/12 double buffer, 8 overlays features : antialiasing, h/w Z buffer, accelerated shading, volumetric rendering markets : mechanical CAD/CAE, solid modeling and analysis CRX-48Z platforms : 715/50, 725, 735, 755 conifguration : external cabinet with 1 slot interface board, 48-plane or 24/24 double buffer, 8 overlays features : antialiasing, h/w Z buffer, accelerated shading, volumetric rendering markets : mechanical CAD/CAE, scientific visualization and analysis, AEC The following multi-monitor, single user systems are available with 2 or 4 monitors and 1 keyboard + Dual CRX on 720, 730, 735, 750 and 755 provides two 8-plane color displays from one board. With the addition of a second CRX board on the 750 or 755, four 8-plane displays are possible. + Entry level 715/725 dual monitor with CRX-24 provides one 8-plane color display and one 24-plane (12/12 double buffered) display with the addition of one board + Two CRX-24 boards on 750 or 755 offers two 24-plane displays and 8 overlay planes SLIDE 18 - THE POWER TO SEE THE JOB THROUGH PERFORMANCE + PA-RISC provides the highest performance platforms + closely coupled graphics for additional performance on high level graphics functions + industry leadership in X Window System performance + software packages designed to maximize system power and take advantage of distributed computing OPEN SYSTEMS BASED ON STANDARDS + Portability + Interoperability + Scalablity + Access to new technology + Ease of use INVESTMENT PROTECTION + graphics designed with system growth in mind + "Performance scaling" provides increase in performance with CPU upgrade + software improvements make the most of your system + strong focus on industry standards