January 31, 2005
The University of Manchester invites the scientific research community to participate in a technical symposium on reconfigurable computing with FPGAs, to be held 21-22 February in the Michael Smith Building at the University of Manchester. As an exciting new area of research, this event gives attendees the opportunity to interact with other scientists interested in exploring the possibilities of using reconfigurable computing to accelerate their software applications through the exchange of ideas and experiences.
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January 28, 2005
In recent years, the model size of automobile design and analysis has become larger and more complex than ever before — from thousands of model elements in a single automobile design to millions of detailed elements. These influences have driven the need for high performance computing power with faster I/O, faster bandwidth and higher scalability in the automobile industry. To address these industry challenges, Hyundai Motor Company, the number one motor company in Korea, has purchased computing and storage solutions from Silicon Graphics Korea.
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January 28, 2005
Silicon Graphics (SGI) on Monday plans to unveil a new product line designed to make it easier for users with medium-sized computing needs to set up clusters of the Mountain View, California, company’s Altix 350 servers. Called the Altix 1350 clusters, the systems will be based on SGI’s Altix 350 servers. They will be pre-configured with the management, networking and storage technology required to cluster them. Customers will be able to cluster as many as 32 Itanium 2 processors into a single Altix 350 compute node, SGI said in a statement.
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January 28, 2005
Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI – News) today announced results for its second fiscal quarter, which ended December 24, 2004. Revenue for the quarter was $223 million, compared with $175 million for the first quarter ended September 24, 2004. Gross margin was 37.5% in the second quarter, up from 35.9% in the first quarter. SGI’s second-quarter operating loss from continuing operations was $9 million, compared with an operating loss of $26 million in the first quarter. The second-quarter net loss from continuing operations was $11 million or $0.04 per share, compared with a net loss of $28 million or $0.11 per share last quarter.
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January 20, 2005
Boris FX today announced that Volume I of Continuum Complete is now available. This comprehensive suite of native filters extends the capabilities of Discreet Inferno