Corporate Fact Sheet

Business

Silicon Graphics, Inc. (NYSE: SGI) is the leading manufacturer of high-performance visual computing systems. The company delivers interactive three-dimensional graphics, digital media, and multiprocessing supercomputing technologies to technical, scientific, and creative professionals. Its subsidiary, MIPS Technologies, Inc., designs and licenses the industry's leading RISC processor technology for the computer systems and embedded control markets. Silicon Graphics, Inc. has offices worldwide and headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Financial

• Revenues of $1.5 billion and net income of $141 million in fiscal year 1994
• Number 345 on the Fortune 500 list
• Annual growth rate of 40 percent
• Business approximately 53 percent United States, 47 percent international

Applications

• Computer-aided product design and manufacturing
• Interactive television and game development
• Molecular modeling and computational chemistry
• Scientific visualization of data, such as satellite feeds
• Special effects and computer animation
• Visual simulation, location-based entertainment and virtual reality

Hardware

• Indy, a desktop system line that combines its own digital color video camera, an engaging user environment, digital media tools, advanced three-dimensional graphics, and industry-leading imaging and compute performance starting at under $5,000

• Indigo2 and POWER Indigo2 family of high performance workstations with the most powerful graphics available on the desktop and with a choice of XL, XZ, and Extreme graphics and the optional MIPS R8000 processor

• Onyx and POWER Onyx, a family of advanced graphics supercomputers that delivers combined compute and graphics performance surpassing any other computer system

• CHALLENGE the industry's broadest network resource server line spanning from entry-level uniprocessor to enterprise-wide symmetric multiprocessing systems

• POWER CHALLENGE line of supercomputing systems, that puts the power of up to 18 Cray Y-MP class supercomputers in a single RISC-based system

Workforce

• 5,050 employees worldwide, 3,842 in the United States
• 51 percent of domestic employees are minorities and women
• 37 percent of management are minorities and women

History

• 1982 - Founded by Dr. James Clark
• 1983 - First graphics terminals shipped
• 1984 - First workstations shipped
• 1986 - Initial public offering
• 1987 - First RISC workstations shipped
• 1992 - Merger with MIPS Computer Systems
• 1993 - Relationship with Time Warner to develop Full Service Network technology
• 1993 - Agreement with Nintendo to create Ultra 64
• 1994 - Formed Interactive Digital Solutions, a Silicon Graphics and AT&T joint venture
• 1995 - Definitive merger agreement with Alias Research Inc. and Wavefront Technologies, Inc.

Distribution

• Direct sales and telesales
• OEM partners including Siemens Nixdorf and Tandem Computers
• Value-added resellers and dealers

Locations

• Headquartered in Mountain View, California
• 65 domestic sales offices
• 5 Canadian offices
• 54 international sales and support offices
• Manufacturing facilities in Mountain View, California, Neuchatel, Switzerland, and Kawasaki, Japan

Silicon Graphics and the Silicon Graphics logo are registered trademarks and Indy, Indigo2, Power Indigo2, Onyx, Power Onyx, CHALLENGE and Power CHALLENGE are trademarks, of Silicon Graphics, Inc. MIPS is a registered trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc. Extreme is a trademark used under license. Ultra 64 is a trademark of Nintendo of America Inc.