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To: Srexley who wrote (8269)	11/7/2000 9:49:56 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 14451

NBC Selects SGI and Discreet for Real-Time Graphics for "Decision 2000" biz.yahoo.com Silicon Graphics Onyx2 Visualization Systems With Discreet Frost Key to NBC, MSNBC and CNBC Election Coverage MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In a presidential election year when the race is too close to call and having the latest poll results is absolutely crucial, NBC, along with sister stations MSNBC and CNBC, has selected two tried and true providers of broadcast graphics-SGI (NYSE: SGI - news) and Discreet, a division of Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK - news), as key partners for its ``Decision 2000'' election coverage strategy. NBC, MSNBC and CNBC will be powered by a total of nine Silicon Graphics® Onyx2® visualization systems running Discreet frost, an industry-leading, high-performance real-time graphics solution-giving the NBC network the ability to render fully anti-aliased 3D imagery and text in real-time as well as update graphics templates. Data for rendering these graphics will come from SGI(TM) 1400M servers running a database connected to the Voter News Service (VNS). To provide its audience with the latest election numbers, NBC will also dedicate an entire studio to real-time poll results. More than 40 Silicon Graphics® 230 Windows NT® OS-based visual workstations and Silicon Graphics® 1600SW flat panel displays will collect poll data and send it to the servers. .......... Tom Watson tosiwmee

To: Srexley who wrote (8269)	11/8/2000 9:30:20 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14451

SGI and Fluent Inc. Combine Efforts to Port and Optimize Fluent's CFD Software for the Intel Itanium Platform biz.yahoo.com Aerospace, Automotive Industries among Those to Benefit From Improved Performance for Big-Memory, Business-Critical Simulations MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and LEBANON, N.H., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SGI (NYSE: SGI - news), known worldwide for providing a broad range of high-performance computing and advanced graphics solutions, and Fluent Inc., the world-leading provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and services, are combining efforts to port and optimize Fluent CFD software for the Intel® Itanium(TM) platform. The results of this joint effort will give CFD users that depend on high-performance, high-memory simulations-including users in the automotive and aerospace industries-the ability to do large-scale simulations and include better resolution in their models on the Itanium architecture. Almost every industry that involves advanced engineering uses CFD. Its use is rapidly expanding, and more engineers use Fluent CFD software worldwide than any other CFD technology. The SGI and Fluent alliance will impact several industries including: appliances, biomedical, chemical processing, HVAC&R, glass, oil and gas, power generation, semiconductors, steel and turbomachinery. ``This project promises tremendous benefit to end users because it gives them more choices and helps them achieve optimal performance for their high-memory, high-resolution models,'' said Barbara Hutchings, director of Strategic Partnerships, Fluent Inc. ``We expect significant market interest in the Itanium platform. This technical evaluation with SGI allows us to prepare a totally market-ready solution for our highly valued customers.'' About Fluent Fluent Inc. is the world leader in the rapidly growing field of computerized design and simulation software. Fluent software is used to predict fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, chemical reaction and related phenomena. ....... The first version of the FLUENT code was launched in October 1983. It was so successful and the CFD software business grew so rapidly that the Fluent group at Creare became a separate company, headquartered nearby in Lebanon, New Hampshire, in 1988. ........ Tom watson tosiwmee

To: Srexley who wrote (8269)	11/8/2000 4:45:46 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 14451

SGI Servers Based on Itanium Processor and Linux Offer Informix Users Unprecedented Flexibility and Performance biz.yahoo.com MENLO PARK, Calif., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SGI (NYSE: SGI - news) and Informix Software, the database company, today announced that the Informix® database will be available on SGI(TM) servers based on the Intel® Itanium(TM) processor and the Linux® OS. SGI and Informix will jointly port the Informix database software onto the Itanium processor and Linux OS from SGI and tune the performance at an Applications Solution Center (ASC) located at SGI headquarters. Application Solution Centers are a program that was conceived and developed by Intel to create centers for optimizing IA-32 applications and for providing expert assistance to port applications over to the Itanium architecture. For more than 15 years, SGI and Informix have delivered Informix products on the SGI IRIX® OS to numerous satisfied customers, including AOL, WAM!NET, GTE-TSI, Warner Brothers and Hannaford Brothers. ``SGI's innovation in modular computing along with the Intel Itanium processor architecture offers Informix users flexibility and performance at a reasonable price,'' said Mike Fister, vice president, Enterprise Platforms Group, Intel. The Itanium processor and Linux OS from SGI complement the company's existing and proven MIPS®/IRIX platform running Informix solutions. This modular computing technology allows users of high-performance computers to expand and upgrade only the elements they need or add new technologies as they become available. Traditionally, users have had to buy expensive ``one size fits all'' systems that either were too much for their needs or became obsolete quickly and had to be replaced. With specialized SGI modules, or ``bricks,'' customers can decide how to build their system, using only the bricks they require to solve today's problems. ``The SGI brick architecture coupled with the SGI ProPack for Linux 1.2 and SGI Pro64 compilers for the Intel Itanium processor allows Informix customers the flexibility of building a system with specific, tailored configurations,'' said Brian Staff, vice president of marketing, Informix. ``Informix users will be able to run Linux systems extremely efficiently by taking advantage of the SGI Advanced Cluster Environment (ACE), a High-Availability and Mission-Critical Support offering for Itanium architecture-based systems from SGI.'' ``Our Mission-Critical Support for Linux provides SGI customers with remote system monitoring, proactive failure notification, diagnostics and repair, plus on-site response with a six-hour system restoration commitment if required,'' said Ken Jacobsen, vice president, ISV Partner Programs. SGI ProPack for Linux(TM) 1.2 combines the innovation and cost-effectiveness of open source solutions with SGI's well-known strengths in technology leadership, product quality and support gained while promoting and supporting the IRIX operating system for high-performance computing. SGI ACE for Linux is a fully tested and integrated cluster package for compute-intensive environments. SGI ACE for Linux brings together SGI's strong heritage in scalable-computing products and services with the latest developments from open-source communities. The integrated packaging combined with support and service offerings provides users with a ready-to-go Linux cluster solution for production applications. ....... Tom watson tosiwmee