OPTIS discusses AMD FirePro Professional Graphics cards and OpenCL in use with OPTIS THEIA-RT to manipulate high detail models in real time with physically correct lighting across three simultaneous monitors with AMD Eyefinity technology.
In August I had written about the demo in the AMD Theater at SIGGRAPH by Optis showing their new OpenCL-accelerated THEIA RT Suite for real-time interaction with physics-based rendered virtual prototypes.
This new video from Optis (be prepared to mute the audio music track) shows more on THEIA RT and their SIGGRAPH presence. Where it gets interesting is about 27 sec in when you see the motion controlled interaction with the OpenCL-rendered car image on that huge 4k monitor (driven by a single FirePro V7900 using Eyefinity).
AMD announced that the latest FirePro professional graphics cards have been certifed for the OpenCL-compliant Abaqus 6.11 finite element analysis (FEA) software.
“Many of the tasks that used to take a full day to complete can now be done in about half that time with GPU compute, saving engineering time and resources during product research and design, and reducing overall time to market,” said Sandeep Gupte, general manager, AMD Professional Graphics. “With SIMULIA’s latest realistic simulation software, which is compliant with OpenCL standards, engineers can achieve precise results in their design analysis with minimal hardware limitations.”
A few days ago I covered the announcement that the ATI FirePro S400 Synchronization Modules and ATI FirePro V8750 graphics accelerators were certified for Sogitec 3D simulation products. The S400 allows for multiple FirePro V8750 GPUs on multiple PCs to be used in conjunction to synchronize high density synchronized 3D rendering across many systems for large displays.
Given the incredible amount of press coverage over this announcment (avionic simulations are obviously a pretty big deal!), I thought is would be interesting to show some digital photos of the S400 and Eyefinity technology being shown at I/TSEC.
AMD is making a big splash at Autodesk University. If you are attending, stop by their booth, #441 - they are giving away multiple copies of 3ds Max, Mudbox, a complete Lenovo system and multiple FirePro graphic cards.
Also in conjuction with Autodesk University there are promos from Lenovo Thinkstations and HP z600s via CDW.
Below is a video capture from the show floor of Autodesk Showcase 2010 running across two displays on a FirePro V7750. The FirePro V5700, V7750, V8700, V8750 cards have all been certified (read that to mean ‘reliability’) for Autodesk Showcase 2010 as well as AutoCAD 2010, 3ds Max, AliasStudio, Inventor, ImageModeler, Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, SoftImage, and Toxik.
Also a quick shot from Autodesk U show floor setup.
Autodesk U’s main keynote was rich in fog and lights, at the Mandalay Bay event center seating 12,000!
At I/ITSEC 2009 Sogitec (subsidiary of Dassault Aviation) announced that they have certified the FirePro S400 and V8750 for their realistic flight simulation applications using the Apogée 6 Image Generator Systems. The S400 allows for synchronization of 3D rendering across multiple V8750 GPUs across multiple PCs (Framelock) - for multi-display/projector panoramic and realistic displays.
Video demo below - turn down the volume to avoid the annoying technobeat.
Also at the show today Wednesday 12/2 at 4:15 p.m., AMD will present “Dense, Synchronized Multi-Display Systems for Visual Simulation” in the Innovation Showcase.
If you are attending this years I/ITSEC 2009, the world’s largest modeling and simulation conference, be sure to check out the demos of ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology and in particular, the ATI FirePro S400 Synchronization Module setup rendering and synching video and 3D applications across 9 monitors. This year I/ITSEC 2009 is held in Orlando, FL from November 30 to December 3, 2009.
Promotional documentary from RhinoFX on how they developed the concept, the direction, 3D models and character animation for ATI’s Ruby digital superstar. Key technologies in the making included FirePro accelerators and Maya. The motion capture (mocap) fighting scenes are pretty great as is the explanation of the facial animation.
Rob Jamieson from AMD captured this underwater theme park video on his new Sanyo Camcorder, at the IBC conference in Amsterdam. It shows a very cool, real-time underwater 3D simulation running on a FirePro graphics accelerator (including stereoscopic 3D).
The technology from VR Space Theatres enables an audience to view a real-time 3D stereo projected film, and to participate in - and therefore influence - the events on screen. (imagine this video capture as a simulated deep sea rescue operation, where the mini-sub is controlled by the audience). The technology combines the two big themes for the future of the entertainment industry - 3D stereoscopic visualization and interaction.
The most recent Catalyst 8.9 Linux driver enables use of multiple FireGL and FirePro cards to act as a single X server that spans multiple displays, each using OpenGL acceleration. Our Siggraph 2008 gallery video showed an example of this with the open source FlightGear running across 4 displays (each at 1920 X 1200 pixels) driven by 2 FireGL v7600 accelerators under Linux.
I received an email in response to our gallery posting - upping the ante! The 10 minute video shows four FireGL v5600 cars driving eight OpenGL-accelerated monitors running the open-source FlightGear software. Impressive!
Tech Specs
- AMD Phenom 9550
- ASuS M3A32-MPV Deluxe (AMD 790FX)
- 2 GB RAM
- 4 x FireGL 5600
- 8 Monitors
- Ubuntu 8.04
- ATI Catalyst Linux Driver 8.9
- Flightgear CVS (20080720)
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