The growing use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and other highly compute-intensive engineering-software applications is driving innovation in the hardware field. Among developments: Both SGI and Cray Inc. are pushing new computer systems that provide the speed and power to help engineers run sophisticated analysis programs faster.
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In a joint effort with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to make more sophisticated open-source performance tools available to government laboratories, universities and other researchers, Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI) today announced it is developing an open-source version of the SGI(R) SpeedShop(TM) performance analysis tool. Aimed at accelerating research efforts on Linux(R) OS-based systems, the NNSA-funded project will provide the evolving open-source community with broad access to SpeedShop that for years has been a staple on IRIX(R), the world’s most
technically advanced UNIX(R) high-performance computing environment.
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Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI) today announced results for its first fiscal quarter which ended September 24, 2004. Revenue for the first quarter was $175 million, in line with the preliminary results announced October 5, 2004. Gross margin from continuing operations was 35.8% compared with 40.1% in the same quarter one year ago. SGI’s first-quarter operating loss from continuing operations was $27 million, compared with an operating loss of $44 million for the first quarter fiscal 2004. The first-quarter net loss was $28 million or $0.11 per share, compared with a net loss of $48 million or $0.23 per share one year ago.
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Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI) today announced that its SGI(R) Altix(R) server has once again proven dominant against key competitors including Hewlett Packard. In recent database benchmark tests, a mid-range Altix system set a new performance record for stand-alone, eight-processor servers. The results show that a mid-range Altix system offers leading performance for users who depend on complex databases for their technical, scientific and creative applications.
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Until now, neurosurgery has been the traditional application for image-guided surgery. But Robarts Research Institute and medical visualization software developer Atamai Inc., both of London, Ont., along with Mountain View, Calif.-based Silicon Graphics Inc., are working on a two-year project at the institute’s Virtual Augmentation and Simulation for Surgery & Therapy (VASST) lab to make image-guided surgery a reality for other types of medical procedures, such as prostate cancer therapy, breast cancer biopsy and cardiac intervention and therapy as well.
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