Umshayeli we-IRIX 3dfx Voodoo kanye nembobo ye-glide2x IRIX

IRIX kanye ne-Voodoo: Umlando Omfishane We-Alliance Engenakwenzeka

Maphakathi nawo-1990s, umhlaba wekhompuyutha wawuyizwe lokuncintisana okunamandla kanye nokuqamba okusha okusheshayo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi kwakumi i-Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) eneziteshi zayo zokusebenza ze-IRIX ezinamandla, amakhosi angaphikiswa wokubonwa kwe-3D ochwepheshe, imiphumela yefilimu, nekhompyutha yesayensi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, imakethe yemidlalo ye-PC yabathengi ekhulayo ibishintshwa ngekhadi elincane elivela ku-3dfx Interactive: i-Voodoo Graphics. Lesi sisheshisi esingaqondakali se-3D silethe izithombe zekhwalithi ye-arcade kudeskithophu, sinikwa amandla i-API yaso ye-Glide. Kwabashisekayo nabathuthukisi, kwavela umbuzo othakazelisayo: kuthiwani uma amandla aluhlaza, agxile ekudlaleni eVoodoo engase asetshenziswe endaweni eyinkimbinkimbi, esekwe ku-UNIX ye-IRIX? Impendulo bekuyiphrojekthi eqhutshwa umphakathi yokuthuthwa komtapo wezincwadi we-Glide (glide2x) iye ku-IRIX, nokudala ibhuloho phakathi kwemihlaba emibili ebonakala ihlukene yekhompyutha yezithombe.

Inselele Yezobuchwepheshe Yokuthutha Glide uye ku-IRIX

Ukuthumela i-glide2x ku-IRIX bekuwumsebenzi omkhulu wobunjiniyela besofthiwe. I-Glide yakhelwe njengongqimba oluncane, oluqondene nehadiwe ye-DOS ne-Windows, ikhuluma ngokuqondile ne-rasterizer ye-Voodoo namayunithi okwenza imephu yokuthungwa. I-IRIX, nokho, yayine-ecosystem yayo yezithombe evuthiwe neyinkimbinkimbi, eyakhelwe eduze kwe-IRIS GL kanye ne-OpenGL APIs yakamuva, futhi yahlanganiswa ngokuqinile nehadiwe yezithombe ezisezingeni eliphezulu ze-SGI njenge-InfiniteReality. Abathwali bempahla bekumele bakhe isendlalelo sokuhumusha esingabamba amakholi e-Glide API futhi siwabeke kumakholi wesistimu we-IRIX namamodeli enkumbulo. Lokhu kwakuhilela ukuhlehla kobunjiniyela, izinhlelo ezisezingeni eliphansi ngokucophelela, kanye nokuqonda okujulile kokubili kokusebenza kwezinga lerejista ye-Voodoo kanye ne-IRIX's UNIX kernel kanye nesistimu yokufaka amafasitela ye-X11. Impumelelo isho ukuthi, ngokokuqala ngqa, ikhadi le-Voodoo lingabonwa futhi lisetshenziswe njengethuluzi elinikezelayo endaweni yokusebenza ye-SGI, into okwakucatshangwa ukuthi ayinakwenzeka.

Umphakathi, Abathanda Ukuzilibazisa, kanye Nomoya Wokukitaza

Lo mzamo bekungewona umsebenzi webhizinisi. Yayiqhutshwa umphakathi ozinikele wabashisekeli be-SGI, onjiniyela abahlehlayo, nabahleli bohlelo ababone kokubili inselele yobuchwepheshe nethuba eliyingqayizivele. Izinkundla eziku-inthanethi, izinhlu zamakheli, namawebhusayithi okuqala aba yizindawo zokwabelana ngeziqephu, okuhamba ngakubili, nolwazi oluzuzwe kanzima. Ugqozi lwalunezici eziningi: ukusebenzisa imidlalo yakudala esekelwe ku-Glide efana ne-"Quake," "Tomb Raider," kanye "Nehla" kuzingxenyekazi zekhompyutha zangaphandle; ukuhlola ukusetha kwe-hybrid; futhi ukufakazela nje ukuthi kungenziwa. Le ndlela yokuhlanganyela, eyimojuli yokuxazulula izinkinga—ukuhlanganisa ndawonye umshayeli osebenzayo ovela emnikelweni womphakathi—ifana nefilosofi yesimanjeMewayz, lapho izingxenye zesofthiwe eziguquguqukayo zihlangana ukuze zenze uhlelo olubumbene lokusebenza lwebhizinisi oluhambisana nezidingo ezithile.

"Iphrojekthi yomshayeli we-IRIX Voodoo yayiwubufakazi be-ethos ye-hacker. Yayimayelana nokwenza izingcezu zobuchwepheshe ezimbili ezinhle, ezingakaze zenzelwe ukusebenza ndawonye, ​​zicule ngokuvumelana. Konke ukulahlwa kokuphahlazeka kanye nawo wonke unxantathu we-Glide onikezwe ngempumelelo wazizwa njengokunqoba."

Ifa Nokuhlobana Kwesimanje

Nakuba ukusetshenziswa okungokoqobo kwamakhadi e-Voodoo ezinhlelweni ze-IRIX kwakuhlale kumnandi, ifa lephrojekthi libalulekile. Ibonise amandla entuthuko evulekile, eqhutshwa umphakathi futhi yandisa impilo ewusizo yezingxenyekazi zekhompiyutha ezibizayo ze-SGI zabathanda ukuzilibazisa. Namuhla, ime njengombhalo waphansi othakazelisayo emlandweni wekhompyutha, ubonisa inkathi yokuhlola okumangalisayo. Konjiniyela besimanje nabaklami besistimu, isebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokubaluleka kwamasistimu aguquguqukayo, abhalwe kahle. Esimeni sebhizinisi lesimanjemanje, ukuzivalela kusitaki sesofthiwe esisodwa, esiqinile kungaba nomkhawulo njenge-hardware yobunikazi. Yilapho inkundla ye-modular efana ne-Mewayz ihlinzeka khona ngenzuzo ebalulekile, evumela amabhizinisi ukuthi ahlanganise amathuluzi asezingeni eliphezulu nezinhlelo zefa ekugelezeni komsebenzi okuhlangene, njengalabo bathuthukisi bokuqala abahlanganisa i-Glide ne-IRIX.

Izimpumelelo ezibalulekile zomzamo wokuthutha we-IRIX Voodoo/Glide zifakiwe:

• Ukunika amandla ukunikezwa okusheshisiwe kwehadiwe kwezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Glide kumasistimu e-SGI Indy, O2, kanye ne-Octane.
• Ihlinzeka ngomtapo wezincwadi osebenzayo, wendawo yomsebenzisi (glide2x.so) oxhumane namamojula e-kernel yangokwezifiso.
• Isekela ukulungiselelwa okuhlukile kwe-Voodoo, okuhlanganisa i-Voodoo Graphics yasekuqaleni kanye namabhodi akamuva e-Voodoo2 ku-SLI.
• Ukuthuthukisa isisekelo solwazi kamuva esazisa ukuthuthukiswa komshayeli we-GPU womthombo ovulekile namaphrojekthi wokulingisa.

Ekugcineni, indaba yomshayeli we-IRIX Voodoo ingaphezu kwelukuluku lobuchwepheshe. Indaba emayelana nokuvala izikhala, kungaba phakathi komthengi nobuchwepheshe obuchwepheshile, noma phakathi kwama-paradigms okusebenza ahlukene. Esimeni sanamuhla sedijithali, ikhono lokuxhuma ngaphandle komthungo amasistimu ahlukene akukona nje okwabathanda ukuzilibazisa—kuyibhizinisi elibalulekile. Amapulatifomu amukela le filosofi yemojuli, ehlanganisiwe, njenge-Mewayz, inika amandla izinhlangano ukuthi zakhe indawo yazo yokusebenza efanelekile ngaphandle kokuvinjelwa imikhawulo yanoma ibuphi ubuchwepheshe obubodwa.