Subject: SGI Unveils New Supercomputer based on Linux (fwd)
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Date: Thu 18 Nov 1999 - 13:17:11 EET
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Subject: SGI Unveils New Supercomputer based on Linux
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http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991116/tc/tech_sgi_2.html
Tuesday November 16 3:29 AM ET
SGI Unveils New Supercomputer Aimed at
Broader Market
PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Computer maker Silicon Graphics
Inc (NYSE:SGI - news) Monday unveiled a new type of
supercomputer based on Intel chips and the Linux operating system
instead of its own proprietary technology.
It said the new design will help it make machines that are more
powerful than anything now on the market, while also driving down
costs to make them affordable to a larger group of customers.
``We're really pumped up about it,'' said Beau Vrolyk, senior vice
president of SGI's product group. ``It represents the beginning of a
whole new generation of supercomputer.''
Vrolyk showed off a demo of the new machine Monday at the
Supercomputing Conference in Portland, Oregon. He said Silicon
Graphics plans to have the machines commercially available in the
spring.
This new product is being unveiled as SGI actively seeks buyers for
its Cray supercomputers, as part of an effort to shift away from
ultra-high-end multimillion dollar machines that are costly to
produce but reach only a relatively small market.
In August, following a period of disappointing results, the company
announced a broad restructuring involving the sale of Cray and
other underperforming divisions.
Its new machine also incorporates a different design, based on a
cluster of individual computers, instead of one big one. The product
now on display is a cluster of four Intel-based machines, however
the company says it plans to eventually combine up to 100
machines.
The machines use Intel's Itanium microprocessor, and the free
Linux operating system, which will also help limit cost.
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