“Computer maker Silicon Graphics Inc Monday unveiled a new type
of supercomputer based on Intel chips and the Linux operating
system instead of its own proprietarytechnology.”
“It said the new design will help it make machines that are
more powerful than anything now on the market, while also driving
down costs to make them affordable to a larger group of
customers.“
“We’re really pumped up about it,” said Beau Vrolyk, senior vice
president of SGI’s product group. “It represents the beginning of a
whole new generation of supercomputer.”