Silicon Surf What's New Archive

February 1994 - October 1994


October 27, 1994

INDY- Come see this whole new section of Silicon Surf dedicated to the Indy. New animation and video clips, article reprints as well as a comprehensive collection of product information including Product Brochures, Data Sheets and the Indy Technical Report await you!

October 26, 1994

Edward Birss named to top Interactive Digital Solutions post.

October 21, 1994

Visit the ImageVision Center.

Check out the TOC of the November/December issue of Pipeline.

October 18, 1994

GRAFICAObscura is a compilation of technical notes, pictures, and essays collected by Paul Haeberli, an Principal Scientist at SGI and an all around image guru.

October 14, 1994

SGI announces IRIX 6.0 operating system for its high-end workstations.

Silicon Graphics' Indy system was recently recognized as a leading product in the Computer Aided Design (CAD) marketplace.

SGI Listed Among Top Employers of Working Mothers.

View our Challenge Server Periodic table.

October 13, 1994

You can download a paper on Minimum Curvature Variation

October 11, 1994

Philips Semiconductors Joins As New MIPS Technologies Microprocessor Partner For Embedded Applications

October 3, 1994

See what Business Week has to say about SGI.


September 29, 1994

Visit Cambridge Scientific Computing, Inc, a leading producer of software for chemical structure drawing, molecular modeling, and information management.

September 23, 1994

New information on OpenGL, the industry-standard API for graphics programming.

September 22, 1994

Silicon Surf FTP Archive has been added.

September 21, 1994

Visit IndiZone. You may walk away with a Silicon Graphics workstation.

View Silicon Graphics' Workstation/Client periodic table.

September 16, 1994

Visit MIPS Technologies, Inc's web server.


August 31, 1994

The Silicon Studio Entertainment Authoring Conference will be held November 8-10, 1994 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.

August 30, 1994

The Second International World Wide Web (WWW) Conference '94: Mosaic and the Web

August 25, 1994

NEW!! Visit Silicon Studio, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

August 23, 1994

List of International Distributors is now available.

August 19, 1994

Visit Gold Coast our on-line personal accessories catalog!

Information on the September/October issue of Pipeline has been added.

August 16, 1994

Development Environment Libraries and Toolkits presents an array of Silicon Graphics products that can expand the scope of your work.

Three new software datasheets have been added:

Three new hardware datasheets have been added:

Silicon Graphics World Checkers Championship Pits Man Against Computer for world Title

August 8, 1994

August Headlines have been added with the following stories:

August 4, 1994

View Onyx Product Guide online.

July 26, 1994

SGI at SIGGRAPH '94

Silicon Graphics reports 36% revenue growth along with record earnings.

July 22, 1994

Information on IRIS Performer, SGI's software development environment for implementing high performance graphics applications has been added.

July 21, 1994

NEW!! Applications Directory is a comprehensive guide to over 1800 third-party software applications, peripherals, and services available on the Silicon Graphics workstation and server product line.

July 20, 1994

New technical education course catalogs and schedules are available.

Read all about Pipeline a technical newsletter published by Silicon Graphics.

New link to the web server of the Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine has been set up.

July 18, 1994

Walt Disney Company And Silicon Graphics Team to create Virtual Reality Exhibit at Epcot Center.

July 13, 1994

Silicon Graphics to Open Subsidiary in South Africa.

July 11, 1994

July Headlines section now has the press release on the unveiling of two new models of Challenge server.

New Demo Days information is available.

July 8, 1994

The Surf Shop page has been redesigned with new categories and new information on Crimson, Challenge, and Galileo video.

You can download a free 30-day trial version of SGI's InPerson software.

July 5, 1994

Details of the Federal Court's summary judgment in favor of all defendants in a securities litigation involving MIPS Technologies, Inc can be found in June Headlines.

June 28, 1994

Mips Technologies' new OEM reference design announcement has been integrated to June Headlines.

June 27, 1994

Subsidiaries & Partners list has been updated.

June 22, 1994

SGI stock information can be accessed from our home page.

Two new stories have been added to June Headlines.

June 15, 1994

Two new stories have been added to June Headlines.

June 7, 1994

June Headlines have been added.

June 2, 1994

Information on Inventor, SGI's comprehensive solution to interactive graphics programming added.

May 19, 1994

A new hyperlink to information on SGI User Groups has been added.

A new technical paper on the architecture, implementation, and performance results for the SGI Challenge symmetric multiprocessor system has been added.

May 2, 1994

May Headlines have been added.

April 28, 1994

Three new stories have been added to April Headlines.

New Quicktime (tm) movies have been added to the Movie Theatre.

A new section-- Release Notes--has been added to the Techno Corner.

April 21, 1994

A Worldwide List of Tradeshows and Events, 1994 is available.

April 18, 1994

April Headlines have been added.

The script we use to count the number of people times that people have referenced the Silicon Surf home page is now available.

March 29, 1994

March Headlines have been added.

A new list of FTP sites for SGI information and software is available.

And last but not least two new movies, Challenge Morph and The Indigo, can be found in the Movie Theater section of Free Lunch.

March 14, 1994

Silicon Surf officially releases!

Silicon Graphics Demo Days in North America.

New Data Sheets have been added to the Surf Shop.

QuickTime(tm) movies can be found in the Movie Theater.

March 1, 1994

The 1993 Image Contest winners have been added to the Gallery.

February 18, 1994

February Headlines were added. The banner graphics were also enhanced based on users feedback.

February 14, 1994

Silicon Surf was launched into Concept Testing, at this point everything is NEW!