ATI FireGL

The ATI FireGL X1 and ATI FireGL Z1 are advanced graphics cards providing support for the X server (XFree86 v4.2 [/usr/bin/X11/Xf86]) and OpenGL API (v1.1+).

Summary of Change

The ATI FireGL X1 (A9653A) and ATI FireGL Z1 (A9654A) graphics cards provide binary and source compatibility with the current ATI Fire GL4 card and provide significant performance increase.

The drivers that are shipped with the products are as follows:

Kernel driver -: /opt/graphics/common/kernel/drmfglrx/hpux64/drmfglrx
32-bit OpenGL driver -: /opt/graphics/OpenGL/lib/hpux32/libddfglrx.so.2
64-bit OpenGL driver -: /opt/graphics/OpenGL/lib/hpux64/libddfglrx.so.2
Xf86 driver -: /usr/lib/hpux32/X11/Xserver/modules/xf86/drivers/libfglrx.so.1

Impact

The ATI FireGL X1 (A9653A) and ATI FireGL Z1 (A9654A) graphics cards provide improved raw performance over the ATI Fire GL4 card, which translates into better overall performance for your application.

Machines Affected

The ATI FireGL X1 and Z1 cards are supported on the following systems:

HP Workstations:: zx2000 and zx6000 only

Compatibility

The ATI FireGL X1 and Z1 cards maintain both binary compatibility (ABI) and source code compatibility (API) with the previous ATI Fire GL4 device.

Performance

The ATI FireGL X1 and Z1 cards provide significant performance improvement over the ATI Fire GL4 card.

Documentation

The following documents can be found at http://www.hp.com/support/workstation_manuals/:

HP OpenGL Release Notes of IPF-Based Systems
Release Notes for HP Common 3D Graphics for HP-UX 11.0 (September 2002) on IPF-Based Systems
OpenGL Implementation Guide for HP-UX 11.X (IPF version)
Graphics Administration Guide for HP-UX 11.X (IPF version)

Obsolescence

Not applicable.