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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 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 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 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, CEO, workstation, server

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, Intel Itanium, high-performance, general manager, Linux, IBM Corp., Intel, Microsoft Corp., server, Dell, operating system, Microsoft Windows, HP

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, SCO Group Inc., Unix, Intel Itanium, HP PA-RISC, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, SGI Irix, HP-UX, x86 processor, intellectual property, Sun Solaris, variant, IBM Corp., acquisition, open source

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

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, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., dual-core, networking, Intel

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

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 Microsystems Inc., four-processor server, Silicon Graphics Inc., blade, business computing, Sun Blade, AMD Opteron, high-performance, AMD, server, Intel

Montecito servers expected in September

July 19, 2006 Intel's now selling the dual-core version of Itanium. Next up: a slew of servers using the high-end processor. TAGS: Montecito, Intel Itanium, Unisys Corp., Silicon Graphics Inc., SGI Altix, Pat Gelsinger, server company, NEC Electronics Corp., enterprise server, general manager, Fujitsu, server, Intel, dual-core, HP, IBM Corp.

Computing heavyweights to chaperone Linux into servers

August 30, 2000 IBM, NEC, Intel, Dell and Hewlett-Packard are joining with Linux companies to coax the open-source operating system into high-end, multiprocessor machines. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., heavyweight, Linux company, Linux, multiprocessor, open-source community, IBM Corp., open source, programmer, SuSE, file system, NEC Electronics Corp., Intel, Dell, server, HP

Open source makes inroads

September 12, 2006 Red Hat follows Novell's lead with Xen-enabled Linux beta, as Ubuntu's founder aims for success in emerging markets. TAGS: open source, Xen, Red Hat Inc., Silicon Graphics Inc., Linux, variant, Ubuntu, Sun Microsystems Inc., blog, Microsoft Corp.

Partnership set to run RISC software on Intel chips

March 7, 2006 Chipmaker to help start-up with translation software enabling "Intel Inside" PCs to run programs for rival processors. TAGS: RISC, Intel Itanium, Silicon Graphics Inc., Intel, IBM PowerPC, Apple Computer, HP

HP, Linux snag DreamWorks deal

January 30, 2002 Linux has infiltrated the brains of the DreamWorks digital animation studios, with Hewlett-Packard machines displacing SGI workstations. TAGS: DreamWorks SKG, HP Linux, Silicon Graphics Inc., HP PA-RISC, Linux, LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, Intel Itanium, workstation, Linux server, telecommunications, animation, Unix, HP, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Pentium, server

Sun, Intel part ways on Solaris plans

July 21, 2000 The companies finally are seeing eye to eye on whether Sun's Solaris operating system should run on Intel's upcoming Itanium chip: Now both companies think it's a lousy idea. TAGS: Intel Itanium, Sun Solaris, Intel IA-64, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC III, Silicon Graphics Inc., Intel, eye, Compaq Computer Corp., IBM Corp., HP, server, operating system

Sun, Intel square off over Itanium support

March 3, 2000 The two high-tech giants are in a high-stakes game of chicken in a debate about which company needs the other more in the lucrative e-commerce world. TAGS: Intel Itanium, Intel IA-64, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Compaq Tru64 UNIX, e-commerce, Silicon Graphics Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., Intel, IBM Corp., 64-bit, Compaq Computer Corp., semiconductor, family, operating system

Chip start-up's big payoff comes in, at last

October 20, 2005 MicroUnity gets a $300 million settlement from Intel, 17 years after it was tipped as one of the most promising ventures in Silicon Valley. TAGS: Transmeta Corp., Silicon Graphics Inc., Silicon Valley, founder, Intel, start-up, TV
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