SGI Proprietary SGI Update IDC HPC User Forum September, 2008

SGI Proprietary

SGI UpdateIDC HPC User Forum

September, 2008

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SGI’s Foundation

4,000 customers

Engineering Software

Systems that work “out of the box”

People who know the space

Strong Silicon Graphics Brand

• Systems architecture• Packaging

• High-productivity Linux environment

• Manufacturing• Installation and Support• Production

• Compute• Data-intensive• Visualization

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SGI Technology StrategyUnified High-Performance Solutions

Focus on core platforms for compute, visualization, and storage

Best-of-breed products in each

Industrial Strength Linux Environment (ISLE) to integrate

Hybrid computing

Leverage R&D investments

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HPC Market

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Server Mission

Design, deliver and market a broad range of HPC server products which command customer preference through HPC-targeted capabilities, sustained technology differentiation, and a superior deployment experience; and can serve as the basis for Visualization and Storage products which do the same.

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SGI® Altix® Compute Platforms

SGI® Altix® XE SGI® Altix® ICE SGI® Altix®

Industry Standards-Based─100% LinuxPerformance Storage Platform

SGI Worldwide Customer Service and Support

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SGI® Altix® XE

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Future Focus:•Make clusters as simple to build, use, manage as SSI•Enhance packaging model to provide broad spectrum of customer choice – optimize for density, system cost, extensibility

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SGI® Altix® ICE

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Future Focus:•Advanced management hierarchy to simplify large system scalability & use•Leverage key processor & interconnect technology advances for breakthrough cluster performance

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SGI® Altix® 450/4700

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Future Focus:•Extend to support Peta-scale computing•Push boundaries of scalable computing on industry-standard, commercially available platforms

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Data-Driven Market

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SGI InfiniteStorage Vision

SGI InfiniteStorage is the market leader in storage solutions tailored to the needs of technical computing and high

performance enterprise customers.

Our goal is to deliver storage products that pair the ultimate in performance with ease of use, deployabilty and reliability.

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SGI® InfiniteStorage: Meeting Diverse Needs

Comprehensive IO Solutions

Storage

SGISGI

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Image-Driven Market

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Silicon Graphics — 25 Years ofVisual and Virtual Leadership

• More than 100,000 visualization systems deployed

1987First Graphics Workstations

• Average 20 years of Viz expertise

• Same experts developed patented Viz IP

• Pioneer in special effects

• Eight consecutive years of Academy Awards

• Taking the world to 4K

Gaming Reality Centers Digital Media and Production

People Make it Possible

• First 64-bit gaming system with Nintendo

• First interactive immersive gaming experience — Magic Edge simulators — 1990

• Applied technology advances to major commercial market applications

• First Virtual Reality Center — circa 1990

• Disney Visionariums — circa 1994

• Nearly 700 operational centers today

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Today’s Visualization Challenges

Information Overload

Big Complex Data

GivingReal-time Information

To Global Users

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Visualization Directions

Everything

Anywhere

Any Way You Want ItVisualize Anything

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BOOKINGS

Bookings/BacklogFY 2007–2008 Year-Over-Year Growth

BOOKINGS

YoYYoYGrowth:Growth:

122%122%

BACKLOG

Q4FY

2008

+78%

Q4Q4FY FY

20072007

YoYGrowth:

25%

Year-Over-Year Growth

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Pro forma Revenue by Fiscal Year

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

RevenueInflection

PointFY 2009

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Pipeline or Sales Funnel*

FY 2007–2008 Year-Over-Year Growth

PIPELINE

FY 2008

+86%

FY 2007 FY 2007

Year-Over-Year Growth

* Pipeline or Sales Funnel is defined as total booking opportunities, measured as of the end of each fiscal year.

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