4 posts and columns on Silicon Graphics

Lucasfilm's Data Center, and an Encounter With the Real Death Star (Video)

in Enterprise on March 25, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Yes, the Death Star is real. Luckily it looks nothing like the floating space station of the Star Wars movies. It also no longer runs. But you can find it inside the data center at Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light and Magic.

Virident Validates New Strategy for Start-Ups

in News on April 13, 2009 at 12:15 pm PT

There’s a hot formula for hardware start-ups these days: Take standard components that are declining steadily in price, and offer proprietary chips and software that make them work much better.

Chapter 11, in Which SGI Sells Itself to Rackable

in News on April 1, 2009 at 10:00 am PT

Time was, there was a Silicon Graphics workstation on every desk in computationally-intense industries like chemistry and film production. No longer. This morning, SGI, which recently endured a brace of layoffs, filed for bankruptcy protection for a second time and sold itself to Rackable Systems, which makes server and storage products for midsize and large data centers, for $25 million in cash.
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Silicon Graphics: Revs Grow; New Chairman; Needs Capital

in News on August 29, 2008 at 1:33 pm PT

Silicon Graphics (SGIC) shares are up sharply on thin trading this morning after the company posted results last night for its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 27. The company also named Anthony Grillo, the CEO of American Securities Advisors, as chairman; he replaces Kevin Katari, of Watershed Asset Management, who resigned from the board.