SGI ANNOUNCES LINUX SUPPORT FOR AWARD-WINNING SILICON GRAPHICS 16 00SW FLAT PANEL MONITOR

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

The following press release crossed the wire today, Monday June 28,
1999 at 9:01am EST.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SGI ANNOUNCES LINUX SUPPORT FOR AWARD-WINNING SILICON GRAPHICS 1600SW
FLAT PANEL MONITOR

Solution Provided through PC Graphics Card from Number Nine Visual
Technology

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (June 28, 1999) - SGI (NYSE:SGI) today announced
that PC users running the Linux(tm) operating system can utilize the
state-of-the-art Silicon Graphics 1600SW flat panel monitor as their
display system. Linux support is now available for owners of the
Digital Flat Panel Solution Pack bundle of the Silicon Graphics 1600SW
monitor and the Number Nine Revolution IV-FP graphics accelerator.

Linux drivers for the flat panel device were supplied by Number Nine
to Xfree, a non-profit organization that produces Xfree86, a piece of
software that Linux uses to support a wide array of video cards. The
drivers, designed for Intel processor-based PCs, were built into
Release 3.3.3.1 of Xfree86, available for download at no charge at
www.xfree86.org.

In a move to bring visual computing to the mainstream, SGI formed a
close working relationship with Number Nine to create the Digital Flat
Panel Solution Pack. This bundle includes Number Nine's Revolution
IV-FP graphics card and the all-digital Silicon Graphics 1600SW flat
panel monitor. In addition to Linux, the pack is supported by the
Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT operating systems.

The MSRP of the Digital Flat Panel Solution Pack in either PCI or AGP
formats, available from resellers worldwide, is $2,795 (U.S. list).
International and street pricing will vary. The Silicon Graphics
1600SW flat panel display is covered by a three-year limited warranty.
The Silicon Graphics 1600SW flat panel monitor is the winner of 15
awards worldwide, and offers many unique capabilities. It features a
19-inch CRT-equivalent, 17.3-inch 1600x1024 pixel SuperWide(tm) format
screen with category-defining image quality. The monitor offers three
times the brightness and five times the contrast of a comparably-sized
CRT, with no flicker.

Number Nine Visual Technology Corporation, www.nine.com, is a leading
supplier of high-performance visual technology solutions, including
video/graphics accelerator subsystems, chips and
productivity-enhancing software. Number Nine is a publicly held
company (NASDAQ:NINE) headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, with
research and development and sales/marketing offices in Munich,
Germany and Redmond, Washington.

SGI is a market leader in technical computing, offering the world's
most powerful servers, supercomputers and visual workstations. SGI
uniquely 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.

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Silicon Graphics is a registered trademark, and SGI, SuperWide and the
SGI logo are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Number Nine and
Revolution are registered trademarks, and Revolution IV-FP is a
trademark of Number Nine Visual Technology Corporation. Intel is a
registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Windows and Windows NT are
registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks
mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

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