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Photos: SGI's Columbia supercomputer

October 27, 2004 SGI's supercomputer sets a public record which has been eclipsed by a faster result yet to be announced. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., supercomputer, photograph

SGI stock faces delisting

November 2, 2005 Silicon Graphics Inc. will be delisted from New York Stock Exchange after languishing in sub-$1 range for more than six months. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., New York Stock Exchange, supercomputer, standard

SGI alum returns as chief executive

April 11, 2007 Robert "Bo" Ewald, who had been SGI's chief operating officer, is now back at the company as CEO. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., COO, CEO

SGI sues ATI for patent infringement

October 24, 2006 Complaint alleges graphics chipmaker infringed a computer-graphics patent that ATI's competitors have licensed. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., graphics chip company, patent, ATI Technologies, chip company, acquisition, AMD

SGI lays off 12 percent, names new execs

March 3, 2006 Company plans layoffs to help it recover from financial problems and will "aggressively pursue new markets." TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., high-performance computing, CFO, high-performance, telecommunications company, exec

SGI to release Itanium workstation

April 26, 2005 New system will accommodate one or two Itanium 2 processors and as much as 24GB of memory, with a starting price of $8,500. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, workstation, AMD Opteron, memory, AMD, Linux, Intel, HP, operating system

SGI files for Chapter 11 protection

May 8, 2006 The once-popular Silicon Valley server and workstation maker grapples with financial ills. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., workstation company, New York Stock Exchange, supercomputer, workstation, CEO, server

SGI's Unix variant fading into history

September 8, 2006 Silicon Graphics to stop selling computers using MIPS chips and Irix operating system at end of 2006. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., SGI Unix, Unix, Intel Itanium, SGI Irix, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, SCO Group Inc., HP PA-RISC, HP-UX, x86 processor, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., variant, acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux

SGI plugs in Windows for compute clusters

January 11, 2007 Supercomputing specialist focused on Linux agrees to support Microsoft's OS for lower-end server clusters. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., high-performance computing, supercomputing, Intel Xeon, high-performance, Intel Itanium, general manager, Linux, Intel, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., server, Dell, operating system, Microsoft Windows, HP

NBA to create huge digital archive

December 9, 2005 Pro basketball league turns to SGI to create searchable digital repository of every filmed minute in its history. Photos: Full-court press for NBA video TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., league, footage, archive, storage system, archiving, fan, play, project, history, video, database, games

SGI to show next-generation Linux machines

November 12, 2005 Switch from "brick" servers to blades is among the changes in the high-end Altix 4000, based on Linux and Intel's Itanium. TAGS: SGI Altix, Silicon Graphics Inc., Intel Itanium, Cray Inc., blade, Linux, high-performance, design, memory, Intel, server, operating system

SGI set to exit bankruptcy protection

September 19, 2006 Judge accepts a reorganization plan, setting stage for the company to emerge from Chapter 11 protection in October. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., bankruptcy protection, Intel Itanium, bankruptcy, computer graphics, financing, Judge, Intel, server

SGI exits bankruptcy protection

October 17, 2006 The high-end server maker emerges from Chapter 11 protection with a new board of directors and new funding. TAGS: bankruptcy protection, Silicon Graphics Inc., bankruptcy, cluster computing, Intel Xeon, Intel Itanium, server, Intel, operating system

Project lets Army dig deep into underground data

August 22, 2005 Taking cues from the oil industry, the military may soon have a tool for detecting subterranean haunts of terrorists and weapons. Images: A look beneath the Earth TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., military, soldier, senior manager, supercomputer, business development, sensor, PDA

Supercomputer maker to buy Cray, change name

March 2, 2000 Tiny supercomputer firm Tera Computer plans to buy supercomputer behemoth Cray Research, acquired by SGI in 1996 and put up for sale last summer. TAGS: Cray Inc., supercomputer, Silicon Graphics Inc., supercomputing, acquisition, high-performance, sale, PC

High-tech gear reveals mummy's secrets

August 4, 2005 Researchers at Stanford, SGI and a San Jose museum reveal the innards of an Egyptian mummy, without unwrapping it. Photos: Mummy's secrets revealed TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., museum, child, crowd, scientist, San Jose, secret, researcher, event, scan

SGI to make dual-core Altix in late 2005

December 22, 2004 The high-performance computer's next edition will be revamped to run Intel's dual-core Itanium chips. TAGS: SGI Altix, Silicon Graphics Inc., Montecito, Intel Itanium, teraflop, dual-core, supercomputing, bus, high-performance, Germany, Intel, IBM Corp., memory, router, HP

Linux powers unusual multicore machine

August 11, 2006 Start-up uses 16-core MIPS processor originally designed for networking gear to take a crack at Linux server market. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., multi-core, networking gear, Linux server, x86 processor, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., networking, Linux, Intel

Red Hat names North American sales chief

January 14, 2005 Lynne Corddry previously worked for Unisys, Network Appliance, Silicon Graphics Inc. and Digital Equipment Corporation. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Network Appliance Inc., Unisys Corp., Silicon Graphics Inc., Digital Equipment Corp.

Sun releases smaller blade chassis

November 14, 2006 New Blade 8000 P is a smaller model than its predecessor and is geared for high-performance technical computing.Photo: Sun's latest blade TAGS: Sun Blade, Silicon Graphics Inc., blade, business computing, Sun Microsystems Inc., four-processor server, high-performance, AMD, server, Intel
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