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1981–2009 American computing company
Silicon Graphics, Inc. was an American high-performance computing manufacturer, producing computer hardware and software. Founded in Mountain View, California, in November 1981 by James H. Clark, the computer scientist and entrepreneur perhaps best known for founding Netscape. Its initial market was 3D graphics computer workstations, but its products, strategies and market positions developed significantly over time. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Silicon GraphicsA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: New New Thing, TheThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Towards wafer-size graphene layers by atmospheric pressure graphitization of silicon carbideCited 2,517 times
- Go sideways: IRIXA closely related topic
- Go sideways: SGI AltixA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Towards wafer-size graphene layers by atmospheric pressure graphitization of silicon carbide
Gas chromatographic retention indices of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes on methyl silicon and Carbowax 20M phases
The Silicon Graphics 4D/240GTX superworkstation
High-performance uncooled amorphous silicon video graphics array and extended graphics array infrared focal plane arrays with 17-μm pixel pitch
Performance predictors for graphics processing units applied to dark‐silicon‐aware design space exploration
HyperChem release 2 for the silicon graphics workstation
Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics Inc.'s Ip vulnerability
📚 Books worth reading
New New Thing, TheMichael Lewis · 1999
Shirikon Bare shinwa wa yomigaeru kaNorio Shishido · 2000
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
- IRIX IRIX (/ˈaɪrɪks/, EYE-ricks, a portmanteau of IRIS and UNIX) is a discontinued operating system developed by Silicon Graphics (SGI) to run on the company's…
- SGI Altix Altix is a line of server computers and supercomputers produced by Silicon Graphics (and successor company Silicon Graphics International), based on Intel…
- SGI IRIS The SGI IRIS series of terminals and workstations from Silicon Graphics that was produced in the 1980s and 1990s. IRIS is an acronym for Integrated Raster…
- SGI Indigo The Indigo, introduced as the IRIS Indigo, is a line of workstation computers developed and manufactured by Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI). SGI first announced…
- SGI Prism The Silicon Graphics Prism is a series of visualization computer systems developed and manufactured by Silicon Graphics (SGI). Released in April 2005,…
- SGI Visual Workstation SGI Visual Workstation is a series of workstation computers that are designed and manufactured by SGI. Unlike its other product lines, which used the 64-bit…
- MIPS architecture processors Since 1985, many processors implementing some version of the MIPS architecture have been designed and used widely. The first MIPS microprocessor, the R2000…
- SGI Crimson The IRIS Crimson (code-named Diehard2) is a Silicon Graphics (SGI) computer released in 1992. It was SGI's first 64-bit product released to market, as…