“SGI announced the next phase of its recovery plan
today, saying it’s slashing 1,000 to 1,500 jobs, cutting
graphics chip design work, and preparing to give control of several
operations to other companies.”
“…plans to sell its Cray supercomputer unit, which it acquired
in 1996. SGI will also hand over development of its Intel-based
workstations to another company and transfer many employees to the
Nvidia graphics chip company, said Bill Kelly, senior vice
president of corporate operations said…”
“The company has joined with another partner that will resell
its Intel-based Visual Workstations as well as help design them and
potentially take over some of the 100-person design team, Kelly
said. The partner’s name hasn’t been disclosed.”