Technology
SGI, Microsoft Turn Up Heat On "Fahrenheit." Following their recent announcement of a plan to co-produce
graphics software (AF 12/16/97), Microsoft and Silicon graphics have further
defined their joint venture, code-named "Fahrenheit." The Fahrenheit
project will create a suite of application programming interfaces (APIs)
for Microsoft's DirectX multimedia architecture on the Windows operating
system as well as the Silicon Graphics UNIX-based platform. (An API is
a common interface which enables developers to maximize acceleration capabilities
of a computer.) The Fahrenheit APIs will be developed in conjunction with
software and hardware development partners, including Intel Corp., makers
of the Pentium processor. The Fahrenheit architecture will be the basis
for third-party graphics and visualization applications including Internet,
games, business, digital content creation, CAD/CAM, medical and scientific
applications. During the development of the Fahrenheit project, Microsoft
and Silicon Graphics have also agreed to work together in support of the
development of Windows-based graphics applications for professionals through
the OpenGL APIs and the development of Windows-based graphics applications
for consumers through the Direct3D API. They will deliver new APIs, DDKs
and Software Development Kits (SDKs) in phases over the next two and a
half years.
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