Posted on Sunday, October 12 2008 @ 6:37 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Introduced in the Catalyst 8.8 Linux driver and further
stabilized within Catalyst 8.9 was AMD's MultiView technology. MultiView
makes it possible to use multiple GPUs on the same system not for Linux
CrossFire but for driving multiple display heads. Using MultiView on
Linux you can easily drive four, six, or even eight screens. In fact, up
to 32 displays are theoretically supported on a single system
(permitting you have enough graphics cards and PCI Express slots).
MultiView also allows for OpenGL acceleration across all displays and
does not rely upon Xinerama. In this article we are taking a brief look
at this multi-GPU multi-monitor feature catered towards AMD's
workstation customers.
Check it out
at Phoronix.