SEATTLE, SC|05, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silicon Graphics
(OTC Bulletin Board: SGID) today announced that its groundbreaking Silicon
Graphics Prism(TM) systems swept top honors for visualization products in the
2005 HPCwire Innovation Awards. The readers and editors of HPCwire, the
journal of record for the high-performance computing (HPC) industry, singled
out SGI as the source of the most innovative HPC visualization technology
while providing solutions that offer the best price/performance in the high-
end visualization or graphics market.
HPCwire Publisher Tom Tabor presented SGI with four awards in ceremonies
today at the SC|05 conference held here at the Washington State Convention and
Trade Center.
HPCwire 2005 Readers' Choice Awards:
-- Most Innovative Visualization Product or Technology
-- Best Price-Performance in High-End Graphics or Visualization
HPCwire 2005 Editors' Choice Awards:
-- Most Innovative Visualization Product or Technology
-- Best Price-Performance in High-End Graphics or Visualization
"The verdict from HPCwire's global readership and its panel of editors and
technology visionaries is very clear: Silicon Graphics Prism stands alone in
delivering superior innovation and value," said Gabriel Broner, senior vice
president and general manager, Visual Systems Group, SGI. "We are delighted to
be honored by the world's most discriminating judges of technology once again,
and we intend to continue to deliver cost-efficient solutions that enable our
customers to break down barriers to understanding and insight."
"While the top tier of computation has seen its share of benchmarks, white
papers, analyst reports, and legislative studies, HPCwire's Readers' and
Editors' Choice Awards indicate how those on the front lines of both
commercial and academic high performance computing have offered their personal
input on exactly where the cutting edge of technology lies," said
Thomas B. Tabor, president of Tabor Communications, Inc, publisher of HPCwire.
For its Readers' Choice Awards, HPCwire annually polls a representative sample
of its worldwide readership. HPCwire Editors' Choice awards were selected by a
panel of HPCwire editors and luminaries.
SC|05 attendees can see the award-winning Silicon Graphics Prism system in
action in the SGI Booth (No. 602). SC|05 demonstrations include a Boeing 777
collaborative workflow simulation driven by a 128-processor Silicon Graphics
Prism system with six graphics pipes and 256GB of memory. Taking place in the
SGI, Intel and Boeing booths, the demo recreates a Boeing factory quality
control scenario to show how multiple technologies can combine to turn a
time-consuming but essential quality control process into a seamless exchange
of information and insight -- even when participants are miles apart. The
unique demonstration also incorporates SGI OpenGL Vizserver(TM) software
ensuring all demo participants can access and interact on demand with any part
of a 60GB Boeing 777 model using laptops, or virtually any type of computer.
Combining the power of SGI's award-winning, scalable, shared-memory
visualization architecture with leading 64-bit Linux(R) scalability found in
SGI Altix(R) HPC servers and supercomputers, the Silicon Graphics Prism family
delivers the best of both worlds with unbeatable visualization performance and
Linux innovation, all in a single platform. Based on best-of-breed
industry-standard components, with Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processors and ATI(R)
graphics processors, the system is both powerful and economical. For more
information on Silicon Graphics Prism, visit:
http://www.sgi.com/products/visualization/prism/ .
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, OpenGL VizServer and The
Source of Innovation and Discovery are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc.,
in the United States and/or other countries worldwide. Intel and Itanium are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries
in the United States and other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of
Linus Torvalds in several countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are
the property of their respective owners.
MEDIA CONTACT
Lisa Pistacchio
pistacchio@sgi.com
+1-650-933-5863
SGI PR HOTLINE
+1-650-933-7777
SGI PR FACSIMILE
+1-650-933-0283
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