Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (stylized as SiliconGraphics before 1999, later rebranded as SGI) was a company that made high-end computers. The company was founded by Jim Clark and Abbey Silverstone on November 9, 1981 to make graphics display terminals. SGI was famous for making very good computers for 3D animation working on video and pictures. They invented many things that other companies still use today.
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| Traded as | NYSE: SGI Template:OTC Pink was NASDAQ: SGIC |
| Industry | Computer hardware and software |
| Fate | Chapter 11 bankruptcy; assets acquired by Rackable Systems, which renamed itself Silicon Graphics International Corp. |
| Founded | November 9, 1981 Mountain View, California, U.S.[1] |
| Defunct | May 11, 2009 |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California, U.S. |
Key people | Jim Clark Wei Yen Kurt Akeley Ed McCracken Thomas Jermoluk Marc Hannah Rick Belluzzo |
| Products | High-performance computing, visualization and storage |
Silicon Graphics Media
SGI headquarters on Amphitheatre Parkway, after it became the Googleplex, c. 2006
Geometry Engine chip from an IRIS 3120
SGI Indigo workstation. From the collection of the RCS/RI.
Silicon Graphics Incorporated "Indy" computer. University of South Australia collection.
SGI (Silicon Graphics) Octane workstation
SGI Deskside Onyx graphics workstation. From the collection of the RCS/RI.
SGI O2 front view
Silicon Graphics SGI Tezro Workstation
References
- ↑ "Business Entity Detail". Business Search database. California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
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