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U of CA Constructs 220 Million Pixel Display

Posted by samzenpus on from the wider-than-wide-screen dept.

eldavojohn writes "Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have built a 220 million pixel display across 55 high-resolution tiled screens. Linked via optical fiber to Calit2's building at UC Irvine, the display can deliver real-time rendered graphics simultaneously across 420 million pixels to audiences in Irvine and San Diego."

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  1. IR4 by dwater · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Silicon Graphics' Onyx IR4 could drive this many pixels, couldn't it?

    IIRC, it was 16 pipes, 8 displays per pipe, 1920x1200 per display - I make that almost 300M (pixels, not dollars - it'd be *many* more dollars) - probably not remembering correctly, but still. ... and OpenGL Performer could make it all work nicely for visualisation too. I wonder what's happened to OpenGL Performer.

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