SGI delivers innovative technology to researchers and scientists employed in the study of such phenomena as climate change, tsunami, ozone depletion, environmental impacts in urban planning, groundwater pollution, and the improvement of severe event and climate forecasting. Beyond weather prediction modeling, SGI solutions support satellite and radar image processing and data management solutions for the terabytes of data managed in this industry as well as the air and water quality modeling arena.

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SGI, also known as Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users. With offices worldwide, the company is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and can be found on the Web at www.sgi.com.

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