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After a 12-year downhill slide, SGI is no more
betanews.com - 4/2/2009
After a 12-year downhill slide, SGI is no more
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The company that quite literally created the notion of creating processors dedicated to the task of producing 3D graphics, will soon cease to exist.
bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 4/1/2009
Once-Mighty SGI Sold to Rackable for $25 Million
— bits.blogs.nytimes.com — SGI was once one of the fastest-growing companies in America. Now it's just another casualty of Silicon... Valley's creative destruction. (more) Once-Mighty SGI Sold to Rackable for $25 Million

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feeds.boingboing.net - 4/1/2009
SGI sold to Rackable for $25 Million
— feeds.boingboing.net — Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, such as the bloodthirsty velociraptor. [Reuters] Presented By: Inside Guantanamo: Sunday... at 9P e/p Guantanamo Bay is one of the world's controversial prisons. This may be its final chapter. With unprecedented access, National Geographic has ... (more) SGI sold to Rackable for $25 Million

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SGI declares bankruptcy, and sold for $25 million
gizmosforgeeks.com - 4/4/2009
SGI declares bankruptcy, and sold for $25 million
— gizmosforgeeks.com — Sad, but true, Silicon Graphics Inc. recently declared bankruptcy for the 2nd time in 4 years and... has now been sold for a mere $25 million to Rackable Systems . Just about a dozen years ago, SGI was pulling in $4 billion/yr. Yes, that’s billion ... (more) SGI declares bankruptcy, and sold for $25 million
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Rackable Systems buys Silicon Graphics
D' Technology Weblog — ... The former Silicon Graphics, Inc., which has officially gone by the name SGI for several years, will sell its entire assets to Rackable Systems, the low-power data center server producer, for a mere $25 million, according to an SEC filing, reports BetaNews. ...

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