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(Silicon Graphics International, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of servers and high-end workstations, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. SGI shipped its first graphics terminal in 1983 and first workstation in 1984. Used in commercial, industrial and military applications, the company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. SGI used its own graphics technologies in a line of Unix and Linux workstations and servers geared to high-performance computing and visualization. Its custom chips and subsystems performed the tedious processing necessary to display objects on screen.

Running a flight simulator or playing a game was always more realistic on an SGI computer, and SGI led the way in computer graphics until commodity chips from companies such as Intel and NVIDIA began to perform equally as well. In 1992, SGI acquired MIPS Technologies and, before spinning it off again in 2000, used its RISC-based microprocessors in most of its product lines. In 2009, SGI was acquired by Rackable Systems, Fremont, CA, and its name was later changed to Silicon Graphics International.

Dr. James H. Clark

Clark has a penchant for creating innovative companies. He founded SGI in 1982 and Netscape in 1994. (Image courtesy of SGI.)

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SGI's specialty was 3D graphics, and its visualization applications were always ahead of the pack. (Image courtesy of SGI.)

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This, combined with the system's high reliability features, makes the Silicon Graphics storage platform ideal for highly demanding workloads.

SUPERCOMPUTER-CLASS STORAGE HELPS AVOID NUCLEAR TEST by Mainframe Computing

To help broadcasters and post production houses as they transition from analog to digital IT-based facilities, and from SD to HD, 2K and 4K resolution material, Silicon Graphics (NYSE:SGI) has introduced an open IT platform designed to bring greater efficiencies to their new digital workflows.

SGI PRISM ENABLES EFFICIENT HD AND 4K WORKFLOWS by Computer Workstations

2 mega pixel display with awe-inspiring depth and clarity, for use with two new, highly-advanced Silicon Graphics high-performance computer systems.

SGI SIGNS RESELLER PACT WITH VIEWSONIC FOR VP2290B DISPLAY by Imaging Update

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