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Transitive's QuickTransit Software Broadens Application Support for New Silicon Graphics Prism Visualization System for Linux

Posted on: Monday, 11 October 2004, 06:00 CDT

Independent Software Vendor Opticore First to Certify Applications Using QuickTransit(TM)

Transitive Corporation, the leading provider of software that enables transportability of applications across multiple processor and operating system pairs, today announced that Silicon Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:SGI) will begin shipping Transitive's QuickTransit(TM) software on its new Silicon Graphics Prism(TM) advanced visualization system in early 2005. QuickTransit, which Transitive launched one month ago, allows software applications compiled for one processor and operating system to run on another processor and operating system without any source code or binary changes.

Silicon Graphics Prism is the world's first complete advanced visualization system for Linux(R), bringing unprecedented visualization capability to the open source community. QuickTransit enables Silicon Graphics Prism users to transparently run any application that currently runs on SGI(R) systems based on the MIPS(R) processor and IRIX(R) operating system on the new system, which is based on the Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processor and Linux(R) OS. QuickTransit also retains full functionality and performance levels that typically exceed native speeds on existing MIPS platforms. As a result, QuickTransit significantly accelerates the availability of a broad range of independent software vendor (ISV) and customer-written applications on the Silicon Graphics Prism. Therefore, existing SGI customers can more easily migrate to the Silicon Graphics Prism and take advantage of its improved performance and new features. New customers will also benefit from the increased application support provided by QuickTransit.

"SGI is the first of several major customers that Transitive will announce over the coming months," said Bob Wiederhold, President and CEO of Transitive Corporation. "The Silicon Graphics Prism is state-of-the-art for visualization applications and demonstrates that QuickTransit can provide the functionality and performance necessary to quickly bring a large number of ISV and customer-written applications to new platforms, thereby making these platforms significantly more attractive to end-customers."

"QuickTransit software allows us to dramatically accelerate application availability on the Silicon Graphics Prism, delivering significant value to our customers who demand the increased performance expected from a Silicon Graphics system," said Simon Hayhurst, Product Line Manager, Visual Systems Group at SGI.

SGI will begin shipping QuickTransit software to its customers by early 2005 as a standard component of the Silicon Graphics Prism. Existing SGI customers will be able to download QuickTransit to their platforms at that time. End-users will be able to use QuickTransit free of charge for 30 days at which point they will be required to license the product from SGI for continued use.

Opticore is First ISV to Support QuickTransit

SGI and Transitive are working closely with ISVs to attain full certification of their applications on the Silicon Graphics Prism through QuickTransit. QuickTransit allows ISVs to quickly provide a fully functional, high-performance solution on the Silicon Graphics Prism, while circumventing the often lengthy and expensive process of completing a full native port. ISVs have found QuickTransit to be an invaluable tool to accelerate their support of Silicon Graphics Prism. Opticore is the first ISV to publicly announce certification of their applications through QuickTransit. Additional ISVs are expected to announce certification over the coming months.

"QuickTransit has enabled us to deliver increased performance and outstanding capabilities on Silicon Graphics Prism with a rapid and easy certification process that required no source code or binary changes," said Lars Pettersson, CEO of Opticore.

Computer OEMs, ISVs, internal software development groups, IT service providers, and agencies interested in QuickTransit can contact sales@transitive.com to speak to a Transitive representative.

About Transitive Corporation

Transitive Corporation is a pioneer and leader in providing solutions that allow the transportability of software applications across multiple hardware platforms. The company's hardware virtualization technology allows software applications that have been compiled for one processor/operating system to run on another without any source code or binary changes and at speeds comparable to native ports. The technology dramatically reduces software developers' cost, risk, and time-to-market of supporting multiple hardware platforms, facilitates OEM customers' migration to new platforms, and makes significantly more software available on hardware platforms. Transitive Corporation is located in Los Gatos, California, with a research and development team in Manchester, England. The company is privately held, with funding participation by Pond Venture Partners Ltd., Manchester Technology Fund, Crescendo Ventures and Accel Partners. For more information, please visit Transitive's website at http://www.transitive.com.

About Silicon Graphics

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 www.sgi.com.

Silicon Graphics, SGI, IRIX, the SGI cube and Silicon Graphics Prism, the SGI logo are registered trademarks 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. MIPS is a registered trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc., used under license by Silicon Graphics, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

Transitive(TM), the Transitive logo and QuickTransit(TM) are trademarks of Transitive Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. Intel(R) and Itanium(R) are registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Linux(R) is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MIPS(R) is a registered trademark of MIPS Technologies. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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