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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- SGI (NYSE: SGI) announced today that SGI Federal, a wholly owned subsidiary of SGI, has been selected by NASA to provide SGITM high-performance computing servers and visualization systems to federal agencies under NASA's Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement III (SEWP III) contract. NASA's SEWP III is a government-wide acquisition contract for information technology products that is open to all federal agencies. The SEWP III procurement was conducted by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a full and open competition for firm fixed price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts in nine computer systems/server classes and five supporting equipment classes. SGI received three SEWP III contract awards in two separate computer systems/server classes: two Class 5 (visualization) awards and one Class 6 (high-performance compute servers) award. The contracts have a five-year ordering period and a procurement ceiling of $4 billion each. Under SEWP III, SGI will offer federal agencies its entire product line of industry-leading advanced graphics and high-performance computing solutions, including SGITM OriginTM 3000 series servers and SGITM Onyx® 3000 series visualization systems. "We are excited to be a part of SEWP III and proud of the role that SGI technology plays in supporting NASA's mission," said Anthony Robbins, president, SGI Federal. "This year marks SGI's ninth year as a SEWP prime contractor. In that time, SGI has captured more than $350 million worth of business from both SEWP I and II, and we expect to match that revenue level through the SEWP III acquisition vehicle. Our new high-performance computing servers and visualization systems will allow NASA-SGI's largest and first customer-to better support its mission of serving the nation." The SGI Origin 3000 and SGI Onyx 3000 series systems utilize the SGITM IRIX® operating system, the world's premier 64-bit UNIX® operating system for high-performance computing and advanced visualization. SGI IRIX is renowned for its leadership in scalable computation; high-performance data movement, sharing and management; real-time applications support; and media streaming capabilities. "IRIX OS-based systems from SGI have gained wide acceptance, and we're seeing growing demand for IRIX among UNIX users throughout the federal government's scientific and engineering communities," said Larry Reynolds, SEWP III program manager, SGI Federal. "The SGI IRIX operating system is the most mature and robust UNIX operating system in the industry and is characterized by a rich set of scalability, big data management and real-time 3D visualization enhancements." SGI has leveraged the capabilities and benefits of industry-standard UNIX through its IRIX operating system technology and will continue to do so. IRIX has been instrumental in enabling SGI to deliver generations of high-performance computing, advanced graphics and visual computing platforms. Additional information about the SEWP III procurement can be found on NASA's Web site at http://www.sewp.nasa.gov