SiliconBunny News tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news/1 2008-08-13T15:25:51Z SiliconBunny is a help site for machines produced by Silicon Graphics, and SGI's IRIX operating system. Our news pages provide the latest information on what's going on in the world of Silicon Graphics. Movable Type 3.34 SGI Altix Blade Servers Earn Rare Industry Certification For Energy Efficiency tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.420 2008-08-13T15:25:48Z 2008-08-13T15:25:51Z SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As more organizations look for ways to battle soaring energy costs, SGI (Nasdaq: SGIC) today announced that all its blade-based servers incorporate 80 PLUS(R) certified power supplies. The certification signifies that all SGI blade... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> Silicon Graphics Reaffirms Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2008 Guidance tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.419 2008-07-21T13:41:51Z 2008-07-21T13:42:04Z SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silicon Graphics, Inc. SGIC today reaffirmed and updated guidance for the quarter ending on June 27, 2008. For the fiscal fourth quarter of 2008, SGI expects that bookings will be in the upper range... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> SGI Mobilizes Accelerator Technology Innovators in Effort to Boost Scientific Application Performance tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.418 2008-06-17T15:07:45Z 2008-06-17T15:08:00Z DRESDEN, Germany, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Supercomputing Conference Booth D23-D26 -- As the world's high-performance computing (HPC) community gathers at ISC '08 this week, SGI NASDAQ: SGIC today launched a collaborative initiative aimed at using a range of... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> As Enterprises Struggle With Data Growth and Complexity, SGI Unveils New Data Warehouse Solution for Oracle Users tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.417 2008-06-10T14:32:02Z 2008-06-10T14:32:15Z SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today's enterprisesface a constellation of challenges brought by soaring data volumes,increasingly complex analyses, multiple workflows, and ever larger populationsof users. Those trends are bearing down on the data warehouses thatorganizations rely on to turn... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> Donostia International Physics Center Adds SGI Technology for Material Science Research tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.416 2008-06-04T10:38:06Z 2008-06-04T10:38:19Z SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), an SGI customer since 2001, is a leading organization devoted to the promotion of scientific research in basic and applied physics. The recent purchase of four new SGI(R)... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> Total Exploration Production Makes a 120 TFlops Step With SGI to Accelerate Exploration Decisions tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.415 2008-05-21T14:27:41Z 2008-05-21T14:27:54Z SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a global effort to extract the greatest value from subsurface oil and gas reservoirs, the Exploration and Production Branch at French oil and gas leader Total recently expanded its already extensive computing and... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> SGI Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Results tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.414 2008-05-07T12:03:22Z 2008-05-07T12:03:34Z SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SGI NASDAQ: SGIC today announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2008, which ended March 28, 2008. The Company's Webcast and conference call to discuss results is Tuesday, May 6 at... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> NASA to fire up SGI supercomputer tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.413 2008-05-07T11:39:51Z 2008-05-07T11:40:21Z 20,480-core Altix ICE system capable of 245 trillion operations per second NASA has chosen SGI to supply its next major supercomputer after a competitive evaluation launched last year. The 20,480-core Altix ICE system will be installed this summer in NASA's... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> SGI Breakthrough Technology Empowers Genome Center Research Around the World tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.412 2008-04-30T13:45:40Z 2008-04-30T13:45:54Z BOSTON, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-IT WORLD CONFERENCE AND EXPO 2008, Booth 306/308 -- As scientists seek to accelerate sequencing genomes of varied arrays of organisms from fish parasites to cancer cells in an effort to determine causes and cures... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> SGI Technology Powers University of Hawaii's Papaya Genome Sequencing Project tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.411 2008-04-29T11:07:55Z 2008-04-29T11:08:08Z BOSTON, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-IT WORLD CONFERENCE AND EXPO 2008, Booth #306/308 -- An International Papaya Genome Consortium led by University of Hawaii (UH) researchers has completed the Papaya Genome Sequencing Project and, from the start, researchers relied on... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> SGI Announces Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Earnings Release and Earnings Call tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.410 2008-04-25T19:09:51Z 2008-04-25T19:10:07Z SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SGI announced today that it plans to release its third quarter 2008 financial results after the market closes on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The Company has scheduled a Webcast and conference call to discuss... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> Sky Channel Leverages All-Digital On-Air Production and Asset Management System Powered By SGI Technology tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.409 2008-04-16T09:54:32Z 2008-04-16T09:54:45Z LAS VEGAS — NAB Booth SL4314 (April 2008)—Faced with a growing business broadcasting an average of 12 hours of live racing events daily and an aging 15,000-plus videotape library in six different formats, Sky Channel, in Sydney, Australia, made the... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> Vanguard Animation Taps SGI Render Management Solution tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.408 2008-04-15T13:23:21Z 2008-04-14T16:41:43Z LAS VEGAS, NAB Show, April 14 -- Vanguard Animation's all computer-generated (CG) movie Space Chimps, distributed by 20th Century Fox and due to open in 2,500 theaters July 18, made all deadlines with ease because of technology from SGI and... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> NBA Expands Relationship With SGI on Groundbreaking Digital Media Management System tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.407 2008-04-14T15:17:10Z 2008-04-14T15:17:30Z LAS VEGAS and NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NAB Booth SL4314 -- The National Basketball Association (NBA) and SGI NASDAQ: SGIC today announced a multiyear extension of their relationship to expand the league's groundbreaking digital workflow and media management... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]> Back to the Future: SGI Returns to Visualization tag:www.siliconbunny.com,2008:/news//1.406 2008-04-11T16:03:28Z 2008-04-11T16:03:47Z In the 1980s and early 1990s, if you were doing anything serious in computer graphics you were doing it with SGI gear. Then a series of strategic missteps and the emergence of incredibly powerful, cheap graphics cards for PCs made... http://www.siliconbunny.com More]]>