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Graduate students at the Institute of Aerospace Studies (IAS) at the University of Toronto are using a 32-processor SGI Altix 3700 compute server to create wing designs with the potential of reducing drag and increasing fuel efficiency on commercial aircraft. Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) coupled with a detailed structural model, they are finding ways to improve the interaction between the airflow over the wing and the wing itself by optimizing the shape of the wing. The Institute uses technology from Silicon Graphics and multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) techniques to create wing designs that satisfy multiple requirements such as lift, strength, and stability.
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Silicon Graphics Inc., a long-struggling maker of high-performance computers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
SGI is known for desktop workstations and larger server systems that are favored by engineers and others who demand sophisticated graphics, including Hollywood studios. But the company has suffered a long slide, partly due to competition from machines based on standard components used in personal computers.
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Silicon Graphics (OTC: SGID) today announced that it has reached an agreement with all of its Senior Secured bank lenders and with holders of a significant amount of its Senior Secured debt on the terms of a reorganization plan that will reduce its debt by approximately $250 million, greatly simplifying its capital structure.
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Silicon Graphics (OTC Bulletin Board: SGID) today announced updated preliminary results for its third fiscal quarter which ended March 31, 2006. The financial information included in this release is preliminary in that it does not reflect any potential adjustments that may be required to our interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2006, following the completion of an asset impairment evaluation that must be performed in order for those financial statements to be stated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
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As requirements for enterprise and high-performance computing continue to converge due to unabated data growth in both markets, Silicon Graphics (OTC: SGID - News) today announced the industry's first 4-gigabit Fibre Channel-based storage system designed for the mid-range market: the SGI® InfiniteStorage 4000. The SGI InfiniteStorage 4000 continues the tradition of industry-leading storage technology from SGI's InfiniteStorage product line. Delivering cost-effective, scalable storage, the SGI InfiniteStorage 4000 features a combination of capacity and adaptable performance that will help IT organizations meet the current and future needs of highly technical computing and business applications.
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Shortly before SGI chief Rick Belluzzo joined Microsoft, he made three fateful decisions that appear to have sealed the great company's fate. We discussed these here this week.
Now a former staffer who lived through the brief Belluzzo era has this to add to the intrigue. It's news to us, and the implications are ... well, read on.
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Despite filing for bankruptcy last week, Silicon Graphics officials said that users will get their products, service and support without change even as new product plans will move ahead. That message is an attempt to sooth worried users who rely on the company's high performance computing technology.
SGI CEO and Chairman Dennis McKenna has been telling customers that he has a strategy for the company since taking his job in February.
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Mitrionics™, Inc., the technology leader in programming FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) for supercomputing software acceleration, and Silicon Graphics (OTC: SGID) announce their joint "FPGA Supercomputing Workshop Summer Tour" starting in Paris, France on May 23-24. During the months of May, June and July, SGI and Mitrionics will host a series of workshops in the U.S. and Europe for scientists, researchers, and software developers to receive hands-on training in the software-centric Mitrion-C programming language for FPGAs. The workshops are free of charge and will cover a broad range of introductory-to-advanced topics designed to provide attendees with both a theoretical and working knowledge of how to develop and implement FPGA Supercomputing applications, utilizing the SGI® RASC™ RC100 computation blade and the Mitrion™ Platform.
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To better understand how to optimize the flow of water around a swimmer and create the designs and materials to give competitive athletes a winning edge, Speedo, the world's leading swim brand, is designing the next generation of their FASTSKIN performance swimwear using the power of Silicon Graphics (OTC: SGID) technology. Performance-intensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis based on data of Olympic swimmers -- monitored in Speedo's Aqualab research and development facility -- is run on an SGI(R) Altix(R) high-performance computing system.
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Just as solutions from Silicon Graphics (OTC Bulletin Board: SGIDE) led the
technical computing market throughout the past two decades, the latest SGI
servers are proving unbeatable in a new marketplace: the enterprise.
With support from Intel and BEA Systems, SGI today announced that its SGI(R) Altix(R) server platform achieved world-record results on the SPECjbb2005 benchmark, an industry-standard measurement of Java*-based application performance. The results underscore the ability of the SGI Altix platform to process Java*-based business logic while scaling from small to large configurations and still maintaining its edge in price/performance.
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