SGI

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computer hardware company computer software company public company technology company

SGI (Silicon Graphics, Inc.) was a pioneering American company known for its high-performance computing and advanced 3D graphics workstations and servers widely used in scientific visualization and visual effects.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Silicon Graphics 26
SGI canonical 13
Silicon Graphics, Inc. 12

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer hardware company ⓘ
computer software company ⓘ
public company ⓘ
technology company ⓘ
acquiredBy Rackable Systems ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developed IRIX operating system ⓘ
surface form: IRIX

MIPS-based servers ⓘ
MIPS-based workstations ⓘ
OpenGL ⓘ
foundedBy Abbey Silverstone ⓘ
Jim Clark ⓘ
John L. Hennessy ⓘ
surface form: John Hennessy

Kurt Akeley ⓘ
Marc Hannah ⓘ
Robert Sproull ⓘ
Tom Davis ⓘ
foundedInPlace Mountain View ⓘ
surface form: Mountain View, California
foundedInYear 1981 ⓘ
fullName SGI self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
graphicsAPI OpenGL ⓘ
headquartersLocation Mountain View, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Mountain View, California
industry computer graphics ⓘ
high-performance computing ⓘ
servers ⓘ
workstations ⓘ
influenced modern GPU-based graphics workstations ⓘ
knownFor IRIX operating system ⓘ
advanced 3D graphics workstations ⓘ
development of OpenGL graphics API ⓘ
high-performance graphics supercomputers ⓘ
scientific visualization systems ⓘ
visual effects production systems ⓘ
laterRenamed SGI self-linksurface differs ⓘ
majorCustomerIndustry defense ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
film and visual effects ⓘ
oil and gas exploration ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
notableContribution advances in shared-memory and ccNUMA architectures ⓘ
popularization of hardware-accelerated 3D graphics ⓘ
standardization of OpenGL as cross-platform 3D graphics API ⓘ
operatingSystem IRIX operating system ⓘ
surface form: IRIX
processorArchitecture MIPS ⓘ
productLine SGI Altix ICE architecture ⓘ
surface form: Altix servers

Indigo workstations ⓘ
Indigo workstations ⓘ
surface form: Indigo2 workstations

Indy workstations ⓘ
O2 workstations ⓘ
Octane workstations ⓘ
Onyx visualization systems ⓘ
Origin servers ⓘ
shortName SGI self-linksurface differs ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
stockExchangeListing NASDAQ ⓘ
tickerSymbol SGI self-link ⓘ
usedFor 3D animation rendering ⓘ
scientific visualization ⓘ
simulation ⓘ
virtual reality research ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pleiades supercomputer → vendor → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: Pleiades
Motorola 68000 family → usedIn → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics IRIS 1000 series
SGI → fullName → SGI self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
SGI → shortName → SGI self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
SGI → laterRenamed → SGI self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Rackable Systems
SGI → tickerSymbol → SGI self-link ⓘ
SGI Altix ICE architecture → designer → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics International
SGI Altix ICE architecture → designer → SGI ⓘ
SGI Altix ICE architecture → developedBy → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics International
XFS → developer → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics International
XFS → developer → SGI ⓘ
Jim Clark → employer → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Jim Clark → coFounded → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Jim Clark → founded → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics cofounder Jim Clark → notableWork → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: Jim Clark
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Silicon Graphics cofounder Jim Clark → cofounded → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: Jim Clark
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Silicon Graphics cofounder Jim Clark → employer → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: Jim Clark
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Pat Hanrahan → workedAt → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Pat Hanrahan → employer → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Kurt Akeley → coFounderOf → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Kurt Akeley → employer → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
IRIX operating system → developer → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: IRIX
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
IRIX operating system → developer → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: IRIX
IRIX operating system → discontinuedBy → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: IRIX
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
IRIX operating system → targetHardware → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: IRIX
this entity surface form: SGI Indigo
IRIX operating system → targetHardware → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: IRIX
this entity surface form: SGI Indigo2
IRIX operating system → targetHardware → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: IRIX
this entity surface form: SGI Octane
IRIX operating system → targetHardware → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: IRIX
this entity surface form: SGI O2
OpenGL → previouslyManagedBy → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
OpenGL → introducedBy → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Indigo workstations → manufacturer → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Indigo workstations → shortName → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: SGI Indigo
Indigo workstations → successor → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: SGI Indigo2
Indigo workstations → vendor → SGI ⓘ
O2 workstations → developer → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
O2 workstations → developer → SGI ⓘ
O2 workstations → manufacturer → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
O2 workstations → manufacturer → SGI ⓘ
O2 workstations → introducedBy → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Octane workstations → developer → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: Octane workstation
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Octane workstations → manufacturer → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: Octane workstation
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Octane workstations → introducedBy → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: Octane workstation
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics
Octane workstations → successor → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: Octane workstation
this entity surface form: SGI Octane2
Octane workstations → predecessor → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: Octane workstation
this entity surface form: SGI Indigo2
Octane workstations → brand → SGI ⓘ
subject surface form: Octane workstation
this entity surface form: SGI Octane
Onyx visualization systems → manufacturer → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Onyx visualization systems → introducedBy → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Rackable Systems → acquired → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics International
Rackable Systems → acquiredCompany → SGI ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Rackable Systems → rebrandedAs → SGI ⓘ