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SGI Provides The Polk Company with Advanced Visualization Technology for the North American International Auto ShowMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (Jan. 6, 2000) - SGI (NYSE: SGI) today announced it has provided The Polk Company with compute and visualization technology to support an interactive survey at this year's North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) opening January 9 at Cobo Hall in Detroit.SGI and Polk have collaborated to bring a technology boost to the renowned two-week forum where automotive manufacturers unveil their latest designs. The survey will poll attendees on everything from favorite concept cars to purchasing habits. SGI's visual computing power allows participants to watch their own input affect the overall survey results, which are continually collected, analyzed and output to the show floor in big-screen 3D fashion above the polling kiosks. "NAIAS is a great venue for The Polk Company to showcase its superior analytical capabilities with complex automotive data," said Dave Zaccagnini, vice president, Information Technology, The Polk Company. "SGI's advanced hardware and software architecture and its unique ability to visualize large-scale data are key to Polk's grand strategy to be 'industry smart' and 'tech savvy'." Information is collected on the show floor from five kiosks, each containing three Silicon Graphics® 320 visual workstations and three Silicon Graphics® 1600SW flat panel monitors with touch-screen compatibility. Once completed, the survey data is compiled and analyzed on-site by The Polk Technology Center. The Polk Technology Center is also powered entirely by SGI hardware. Four SGITM 1400 servers, one Silicon Graphics® 540 visual workstation and 10 Silicon Graphics 320 visual workstations with 10 Silicon Graphics 1600SW flat panel monitors allow technicians to analyze and prepare data for final output to the show floor. SGI MineSetTM software, proven to be extraordinarily useful in solving critical business problems, will convert the data to 3D images to help quickly identify trends and patterns. SGI provides a broad range of high-performance computing and advanced graphics solutions that enable customers to understand and conquer their toughest computing problems. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with offices worldwide, the company is located on the Web at www.sgi.com. Silicon Graphics is a registered trademark and SGI, MineSet and the SGI logo are trademarks, of Silicon Graphics, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. www.sgi.com
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