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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- SGI (NYSE: SGI), a leading provider of high-performance computing, complex data management and visualization products, solutions, and services for technical and creative users, today announced that the Silicon Graphics® 750 Developer's Bundle is available for immediate shipment. This announcement demonstrates SGI's ongoing commitment and leadership in enabling customers to prepare for future Intel® Itanium(TM) processor-based products using Linux® operating system. The Silicon Graphics 750 Developer's Bundle is based on the Silicon Graphics 750 system, which was the first in a series of products scheduled to be introduced by SGI based on the Itanium processor and Linux. The bundle combines this cutting-edge microprocessor architecture with development software and tools to provide a complete development environment at an attractive price. The Silicon Graphics 750 system and Developer Bundle is available through SGI channels priced at $19,995 (U.S. List). ``Many high performance customers are considering the Itanium Product Family and Linux in their strategic planning. The Silicon Graphics 750 bundle provides an excellent development environment to help them with evaluation of these new exciting developments in 64-bit computing,'' said Greg Estes, vice president of marketing, SGI. ``SGI is committed to providing leadership for Linux with products and solutions based on the Itanium processor.'' The bundle features the SGI(TM) Scientific Computing Software Library (SCSL), a comprehensive collection of scientific and mathematical functions optimized for systems from SGI. In addition, the bundle offers a variety of high-performance software and tools from the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), including the NAG Fortran and C libraries, NAGware f95 compiler and NAG IRIS Explorer(TM), as well as various other tools. These tools, bundled and validated with the hardware for convenience, provide the ultimate platform for technical developers. ``We are pleased to offer the NAG libraries and tools as part of the Silicon Graphics 750 Developer's Bundle,'' said Brian Ford, director and president, Numerical Algorithms Group. ``The mathematical, statistical and data visualization capabilities offered by NAG combined with the power of the SGI systems create a complete, robust platform for applications development on Linux and Itanium.'' The Silicon Graphics 750 Developer's Bundle delivers a powerful dual-processor Silicon Graphics 750 workstation running Linux as well as optimized libraries, compilers and tools for an affordable price. For more information about this offering and availability, visit the Web site at www.sgi.com/workstations/750/ or stop by the SGI both 707 or the NAG booth 516 at the upcoming SuperComputing 2001 event in Denver, Colo.