Intergraph RealiZm Graphics V25, Hardware User'S Manual

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Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................... 31
Diagnostics................................................................................................................ 31
Video Display............................................................................................................ 31
Obtaining a Usable Video Resolution ....................................................................... 31
Determining a Defective Unit.................................................................................... 32
4 Technical Description........................................................................................................ 33
Rasterization Accelerator Features .......................................................................................... 33
PCI Bus Interface ...................................................................................................... 34
Graphics Engine ........................................................................................................ 35
Texture Processor...................................................................................................... 36
Frame Buffer ............................................................................................................. 37
Rasterization Accelerator Functions ........................................................................................ 40
Pixelization Accelerator ............................................................................................ 41
Texture Processor...................................................................................................... 42
Frame Buffer ............................................................................................................. 42
Geometry Accelerator Features and Functions ........................................................................ 45
High-Speed Graphics DMA Engine .......................................................................... 45
MIMD DSP Architecture .......................................................................................... 45
Sequence Controller .................................................................................................. 45
5 Hardware Description ....................................................................................................... 47
Rasterization Accelerator Components.................................................................................... 47
Z10 ............................................................................................................................ 47
Z13 ............................................................................................................................ 48
Z25 and V25.............................................................................................................. 49
PCIDMA ................................................................................................................... 50
Graphics Engine and Texture Processor.................................................................... 50
Z10 Texturing Accelerator ........................................................................................ 52
Texture Memory........................................................................................................ 53
Resolver Architecture................................................................................................ 53
Video Memory .......................................................................................................... 54
Video Selector and Mapper (Z10 Only) .................................................................... 54
Digital-to-Analog Converter ..................................................................................... 54
Geometry Accelerator Components......................................................................................... 55
PCIDMA ................................................................................................................... 55
I/O FIFO.................................................................................................................... 55
DSPs.......................................................................................................................... 56
Sequence Controller .................................................................................................. 56
6 Specifications ..................................................................................................................... 57
Cooling System (Z25 and V25) ............................................................................................... 57
Texturing System..................................................................................................................... 58
Geometry Accelerator Support ................................................................................................ 58
Monitor Resolutions ................................................................................................................ 59