Intel, SGI join hands

After claiming success in selling Intel microspocessor-based workstations, the high-performance computing company SGI plans to

launch a range of Intel-based servers next month.

The pricing of the new range of servers will be kept highly

competitive, in line with the pricing of Intel-based workstations launched in January by

SGI.

SGI launched a technology demonstration centre with an aim

to enhance industry's computing standards in the country. The centre, powered by Intel's

microprocessing architecture, is located at Silicon Graphics headquarters near Delhi and

will soon set up a similar centre in Bangalore.

The centre is the first of its kind in the country to set

up the visual technology hub with Intel and to take the lead in showcasing high-end

technology on the widely accepted Intel architecture. To act as a tech hub, it will

provide the required scalability to perform mission critical workstation tasks. Located at

the SGI facility at Gurgaon, the "tech hub" will showcase solutions built on

Intel and SGI technologies.

The technology centre will display Intel processor-based

SGI workstations to demonstrate how groundbreaking performances have been achieved using

industry standard building blocks. The facility will provide SGI and Intel customers first

hand experience of high-end applications on the Intel platform.