ACADEMIA

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- SGI (NYSE: SGI) today announced the introduction of DMediaPro(TM) DM6, a new video I/O option that is now available for both Silicon Graphics Fuel(TM) and Silicon Graphics® Octane2(TM) visual workstations. DMediaPro DM6 provides high-quality, uncompressed, standard-definition (SD) serial digital video at an attractive solution price. DMediaPro DM6 will be offered as part of the complete solution set for the Silicon Graphics Octane2 and Silicon Graphics Fuel visual workstations with industry-leading VPro(TM) V10 or V12 graphics in a single-source desktop product. This new option, which has a PCI interface, introduces video input and output options to the award-winning Silicon Graphics Fuel platform, and expands the range of DMediaPro options for Silicon Graphics Octane2. "With this announcement, SGI is bringing advanced digital media capabilities to a broader range of media professionals," said Susan Tellep, director of product marketing at SGI. "The graphics quality and system bandwidth of both the Silicon Graphics Fuel and the Silicon Graphics Octane2 visual workstations, combined with SGI DMediaPro products, digital media libraries and innovative partner applications, provide today's most powerful desktop systems for editing, compositing and visual effects applications." For SGI, DMediaPro DM6 represents another step in the company's mission to provide digital media products that deliver greater visual realism, advanced features and increased performance to our creative and technical users. This allows SGI's world-class customers to push beyond the limits of computer graphics and unleash the power of advanced visualization. Video professionals using broadcast and post-production applications need powerful, high-bandwidth systems with high-quality graphics and video capabilities. The Silicon Graphics Octane2 and Silicon Graphics Fuel visual workstations with DMediaPro DM6 deliver these customers with advanced digital media capabilities including: -- Uncompressed standard-definition (SD) serial digital video input and output for the Silicon Graphics Fuel and Silicon Graphics Octane2 visual workstations -- Support for NTSC and PAL SD digital component video formats -- 4:2:2 YCrCb video sampling with 8 or 10 bits per component -- 4:4:4 RGB video sampling with 8 bits per component -- Real-time preview and colorspace conversion for editing, effects and compositing applications -- 48-bit (12-bit-per-component) RGBA (red, green, blue, alpha) color provided by VPro graphics, which retains higher image quality through multiple image generations -- Support for the OpenML(TM) open source media library, which enables application developers to easily integrate video and graphics into their application suites Pricing and Availability DMediaPro DM6 will be available this summer at a list price of $5,600 (U.S. list) as an upgrade for Silicon Graphics Fuel and Silicon Graphics Octane2 visual workstations. Support of DMediaPro DM6 in the SGI® Origin® server line will be available later this year. For more information visit www.sgi.com.