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Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the worldwide independent leader in memory products, announced an agreement with Silicon Graphics, a world leader in products, solutions, and services for high-performance computing, visualization, and storage. The new agreement between the two companies authorizes Kingston(R) to market upgrade memory for the SGI(R) Origin(R) 3000 and SGI(R) Origin(R) 300 family of servers, SGI(R) Onyx(R) 3000 and SGI(R) Onyx(R) 300 visualization systems, Silicon Graphics(R) Onyx4(TM) UltimateVision(TM) visualization systems, and Silicon Graphics Fuel(R) and Silicon Graphics(R) Tezro(TM) visual workstations. Memory for these systems contain SGI proprietary technology. During the term of the agreement between the parties, Kingston's memory products are fully eligible for support services through SGI as Kingston's designated service provider. SGI customers of Origin 3000, Onyx 3000, Origin 300, Onyx 300, Onyx4 UltimateVision, Silicon Graphics Fuel and Tezro workstations may arrange for service by contacting the SGI worldwide service organization directly for support. Kingston and SGI have a long history of mutual agreements, including the previous SGI(R) Origin(R) 2000, SGI(R) Origin(R) 200, and the Silicon Graphics(R) Onyx2(R) licensing agreement. "This agreement provides SGI customers with an alternative source of memory," said Mike Sager, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Kingston. "Kingston products provide a cost-saving advantage with a lifetime warranty and free technical support," added Sager. "SGI selected Kingston as a leading quality manufacturer and marketer of memory in the high-end workstation and server market," stated Paul Kinyon, HPC Server Product Manager, SGI. "Based on our experience with Kingston in prior arrangements, they were a logical choice for this agreement." Kingston Memory Products Supporting the SGI Origin and Onyx Family and Silicon Graphics Fuel and Tezro Systems: Kingston Part # SGI System Supported Capacity KSG-ON3K/1G SGI Origin 3000, Onyx 3000 1GB KSG-ON3K/2G SGI Origin 3000, Onyx 3000 2GB KSG-ON300/512 SGI Origin 300 & 350, 512MB Onyx 300 & 350, Onyx4 UltimateVision KSG-ON300/1G SGI Origin 300 & 350, 1GB Onyx 300 & 350, Onyx4 UltimateVision KSG-ON300/2G SGI Origin 300 & 350, 2GB Onyx 300 & 350, Onyx4 UltimateVision KSG-FUEL/512 Silicon Graphics Fuel, Tezro 512MB KSG-FUEL/1G Silicon Graphics Fuel, Tezro 1GB KSG-FUEL/2G Silicon Graphics Fuel, Tezro 2GB