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HPCwire Lavishes a Record Eight Innovation Awards on SGI Server, Storage and Visualization Systems

Posted on: Friday, 5 November 2004, 18:00 CST

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silicon Graphics today announced it has earned a record eight top spots in the 2004 HPCwire Innovation Awards. The readers and editors of HPCwire, the journal of record for the high-performance computing industry, singled out SGI as the industry's most innovative HPC technology vendor, with awards for SGI(R) Altix(R) servers and supercomputers, SGI(R) InfiniteStorage solutions, and Silicon Graphics Prism(TM) visualization systems. In addition, HPCwire editors bestowed special honors on SGI's historic implementation with NASA and Intel of Columbia, the most powerful supercomputer in operation today.

HPCwire editors will present SGI with more awards than any other vendor -- including IBM, HP and Sun -- in ceremonies at the Supercomputing Conference 2004 Nov. 6-12 in Pittsburgh, PA.

SGI claimed five coveted Editor's Choice awards for 2004:

-- Most Innovative Hardware Technology

-- Most Innovative Implementation (NASA's Columbia Supercomputer

Installation, based on SGI Altix and Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processors)

-- Most Innovative Visualization Technology

-- Greatest Price/Performance, Visualization

-- Best Collaboration with Government (NASA Columbia deployment)

HPCwire subscribers also honored SGI with Reader's Choice Awards in three categories for 2004:

-- Greatest Price Performance, Hardware Technology

-- Most Innovative Storage Technology

-- Most Innovative Visualization Technology

"SGI relentlessly pursues relevant innovations so that our customers can in turn do the same," said Dr. Eng Lim Goh, chief technology officer, SGI. "Earning a record eight HPCwire Innovation Awards culminates an eventful year in which we unveiled a new scalable Linux visualization system, made major inroads with our acclaimed SGI InfiniteStorage solutions, and worked with NASA and Intel to build and deploy the world's fastest 64-bit production supercomputer in only 15 weeks. We're grateful that HPCwire editors and readers have recognized and rewarded these efforts."

For this year's Readers Choice Awards, HPCwire polled a representative sample of its worldwide readership for its Readers Choice Awards, which allow those on the front lines of both commercial and academic high performance computing to offer their personal input on exactly where the cutting edge of technology lies. HPCwire Editors Choice awards were selected by a panel of luminaries.

SILICON GRAPHICS | The Source of Innovation and Discovery(TM)

SGI, also known as Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users. With offices worldwide, the company is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and can be found on the Web at http://www.sgi.com/.

NOTE: Silicon Graphics, SGI, Altix, the SGI cube and the SGI logo are registered trademarks, and Silicon Graphics Prism and The Source of Innovation and Discovery are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries worldwide. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

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650-933-4519

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CONTACT: Ginny Babbitt of SGI, +1-650-933-4519, or ginnyb@sgi.com; orSGI PR HOTLINE, +1-650-933-7777, or SGI PR FACSIMILE, +1-650-933-0283

Web site: http://www.sgi.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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