SGI and Mitrionics Announce Joint FPGA Supercomputing Workshop Summer Tour in the U.S. and EU

Audience of International Researchers & Scientists Will Develop and Run Applications on the SGI RASC RC100 and Mitrion Virtual Processor

Mitrionics(TM), Inc., the technology leader in programming FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) for supercomputing software acceleration, and Silicon Graphics (OTC: SGID) announce their joint "FPGA Supercomputing Workshop Summer Tour" starting in Paris, France on May 23-24. During the months of May, June and July, SGI and Mitrionics will host a series of workshops in the U.S. and Europe for scientists, researchers, and software developers to receive hands-on training in the software-centric Mitrion-C programming language for FPGAs. The workshops are free of charge and will cover a broad range of introductory-to-advanced topics designed to provide attendees with both a theoretical and working knowledge of how to develop and implement FPGA Supercomputing applications, utilizing the SGI® RASC(TM) RC100 computation blade and the Mitrion(TM) Platform.

The agenda includes topics such as; "Programming the SGI RASC with Mitrion-C," "Mitrion-C Background Quick Walkthrough: A RASC Program," "Getting to Know the Mitrion SDK and Programming in Mitrion-C." Tutors at the workshops are senior development and supercomputing professionals from both SGI and Mitrionics. More information about the upcoming events and how to register can be found at: http://www.mitrionics.com/summertour2006.shtml

"The SGI and Mitrionics workshops are designed to make the complex simple -- giving scientists, researchers and software developers first-hand experience on the ease-of-use of our solution and getting them excited about developing applications never before imagined," said Bill Mannel, Director of Systems Marketing, SGI. "Collaborative development with Mitrionics has enabled SGI to provide an FPGA solution that eases the implementation of FPGA technology, making dramatic application performance enhancements available to more users than ever before."

"We're excited at the growing number of internationally renowned organizations, scientists and researchers participating in our workshops to learn how to develop their own FPGA Supercomputing applications," stated Anders Dellson, CEO of Mitrionics, Inc. "Our partnership and workshops with SGI represent an important step in accelerating the growth of this promising new field by providing direct education and experience to the key influencers and developers in the supercomputing community."

Current Tour Locations & Dates - Dates subject to change

--  May 23–24, 2006 – Paris, France – Visit:
    http://www.sgi.fr/salon/fpga2006.shtml.

--  June 5,  2006 – Las Vegas, NV – SGIUG 2006 Conference

--  June 7–8, 2006 – Eagan, MN – SGI Training Center

--  June 27, 2006 Dresden, Germany – International Supercomputer
    Conference 2006, Dresden, Germany

--  July 14, 2006 – Urbana-Champaign, IL – Reconfigurable Systems Summer
    Institute / NCSA
    

SGI and Mitrionics are the technology leaders in FPGA Supercomputing -- an exciting new technology that enables processor performance acceleration 10x to 100x greater than traditional processors. The Mitrion Platform with the Mitrion Virtual Processor, in conjunction with the SGI RASC RC100 and Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs, represent an ideal solution for software developers, scientists, and researchers within areas such as bioinformatics, oil and gas, imaging and financial industries. The workshop in Paris will give the attendees a hands-on experience of faster performance in their supercomputing applications and drastically reduced lead time for application development.

About the SGI RASC RC100

Based on SGI's groundbreaking RASC (Reconfigurable Application-Specific Computing) technology, the new RC100 blade is designed for customers whose applications spend most of their time working on a set of specific routines or algorithms. By accelerating those routines, RASC technology can dramatically improve the performance of the overall application.

Designed for use with award-winning SGI® Altix® servers, SGI RASC RC100 blade can be programmed at the customer's site to accelerate mission-critical, high-performance computing (HPC) applications in oil and gas exploration, defense and intelligence, bioinformatics, medical imaging, and broadcast media.

The Mitrion Platform - Rapid Processor Programming for FPGA Supercomputing Applications

The Mitrion Virtual Processor in the FPGA makes it possible to program a processor instead of designing a circuit. and Mitrion Software Development Kit provide a unique solution that makes it possible to develop supercomputing applications for FPGAs on a true software level. This dramatically reduces the total cost for FPGA-based software acceleration, and more importantly, enables the whole supercomputing industry to benefit from FPGAs.

About SILICON GRAPHICS | The Source of Innovation and Discovery(TM)

SGI, also known as Silicon Graphics, Inc. (OTC: SGID), is a leader in high-performance computing. SGI helps customers solve their computing challenges, whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense, enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, or helping enterprises manage large data. With offices worldwide, the company is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and can be found on the Web at www.sgi.com.

About Mitrionics

Mitrionics, Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Mitrionics AB based in Lund, Sweden. The company was founded in 2001 and has key industry relationships with Cray, Nallatech, and Silicon Graphics. The Mitrion Platform includes the Mitrion Virtual Processor and Mitrion Software Development Kit which enable FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) to be programmed easier and faster than ever before possible, thereby providing customers with revolutionary computer power for their most critical applications. The Mitrion Virtual Processor in the FPGA takes a way the need for circuit design skills and makes FPGA supercomputing performance accessible to an entire new market of scientists and developers. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.mitrionics.com, or call 310-558-9495, or email: info@mitrionics.com.

Mitrionics, Mitrion, Mitrion Platform, Mitrion Virtual Processor, and Mitrion Software Development Kit are trademarks of Mitrionics, Inc.

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