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Accelerated-X Summit Line

Wall Display (HX) Series on x86
X servers/drivers for big displays
Brochure (25MB! pdf)
Replace Windows Graphics
With Professional,
High Quality
Commercial X Graphics		 Supports up to 16 monitors with one or more
"stretched desktops" 		Hardware Accleration
on all monitors
Mix monitor resolutions
up to 32,768 pixels wide
(or high) 		Rotate any or
all monitors		 Synchronous
Video In support
(up to 6 channels)
Multiple Xscreens
per grahics chip
supported		 ImageOverlay Support
(within hdwe limitations)		 Stretch Video
Windows across
multiple monitors
Easy graphical
configuration		 "Hidden Pixels"
and/or blank spaces
supported		 Demos available
for download, testing
and licensing
WallDisplay (HX) Series in the Accelerated-X Summit product line provides graphics support for large wall display or display wall systems that employ many monitors and multiple graphics cards and/or graphics cards with multiple graphics chips. Unlike the MX Series, the HX Series has the capability to stretch a single xscreen display across multiple graphics chips, resulting in what is sometimes referred to as a "stretched desktop" covering up to sixteen (16) monitors (more monitors can be supported by special request). There can be mix of xscreens on a system, with some of the xscreens "stretched" across multiple cards/chips.

Convert from Windows to Linux - Some customers have large wall displays run by Windows systems which provide "SingleLogicalScreen" (SLS) by default. When converting from Windows to open source Linux or some other UNIX system, SLS is often required in order to avoid changing applications. With Xi Graphics' new HX Series, this conversion from Windows is now made easy, and the HX Series graphics software provides high-quality commercial X Window System (X) support backed by a company that has been developing graphics sub-system X servers and graphics drivers for over ten years.

The HX Series is available in Bornze and Silver Editions (2D only), for 32-bit and 64-bit, for Linux or Solaris kernels, on x86 and SPARC platforms as standard product.

Some highlights are listed below. A Summit Manual is available in pdf form for download.

  • Available in three "levels" - up to 4 monitors, up to 8 monitors, or up to 16 monitors
  • Exceptionally high graphics performance
  • Stable, trouble-free operation
  • Support for both 32-bit and 64-bit x86 and SPARC running Linux or Solaris kernels

A limited number of cards are presently supported by the HX Series (see below), but more are in the pipeline as graphics chip documentation is made available and drivers are written. Although the Xentera cards from Colorgraphic have been discontinued, they are fully supported in HX, enabling the Windows-to-Linux conversions with systems using the Xentera cards to be easily switched to Linux (or Solars).
Demos Available
To download an HX Series demo for testing (free), click on the "Demos" links below and you will be taken to a page that will allow you to select the demo for the graphics hardware and operating system of choice.

Some Sun SPARC and IBM Power systems are also supported by the HX Series. Call for details. The license prices for these system are generally higher than for x86 platforms.

WallDisplay (HX) Series (2D only) X86 Platforms
     Bronze Ed. Demos       Silver Ed. Demos  
Features & Capabilities Support Level 1
$239		 Level 2
$429		 Level 3
$729		 Level 1
$289		 Level 2
$489		 Level 3
$799
Support for up to 4 monitors
 X . . X . .
Support for up to 8 monitors . X . . X .
Support for up to 16 monitors . . X . . X
Run on 64-bit kernels X X X X X X
Run on 32-bit kernels X X X X X X
OpenGL support . . . . . .
High Performance 2D Graphics X X X X X X
Multi-chip (and/or multi-card) support X X X X X X
Graphical Setup Utility X X X X X X
Video Windows (up to six, synchronous) (pdf) . . . X X X
Rotated Monitor support . . . X X X
Overlay Support . . . X X X
Hidden Pixels supported X X X X X X
HX Series Editions work on 32- and 64-bit platforms with either Solaris (for x86) or open source Linux.
Hardware supported in HX on x86 platforms
Matrox Parhelia 128
Matrox Parhelia 256
Matrox Parhelia 256DL
Matrox QID
Matros QID Pro
Matrox G450
Matrox G550
Matrox G450MMS
Colorgraphic Xentera GT4
Colorgraphic Xentera GT8
ATI RADEON 9000
ATI FireMV 2400
ATI FireMV 2200
ATI R200 graphics chip (generic)

Hardware supported in HX on SPARC platforms
Matrox G450
Matrox G550
Matrox G450MMS
Colorgraphic Xentera GT4
Colorgraphic Xentera GT8
ATI RADEON 9000
ATI FireMV 2400
ATI FireMV 2200
ATI R200 graphics chip (generic)