From: Robert Jacobson <cyberoid@u.washington.edu>
Subject: INDUSTRY: SGI markets directly to broadcasters as profits boom
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 93 21:57:44 -0700


From Clarinet...


Newsbytes reports that "the biggest computer story of the 1993 Natinal
Association of Broadcasters' show," now concluded in Las Vegas, was
SGI's new intention to market directly to the broadcasting industry
with a new package of software and hardware called "Silicon Studio."

A 15-month development program, the "Boulder Experience," preceded
the announcement.

SGI also reported earnings of $22 million for its third quarter ended
March 31, compared with a nearly $500,000 loss last year.  Total
revenues for the quarter were $271 million, up 30 percent over last
year.

During the quarter, Silicon Graphics announced it would sell at a
$120,000 Power Challenge deskside machine with the power of 18 Cray
Research multi-million dollar supercomputers. It also cut 13 percent
from the price of its entry-level Iris Indigo R3000 machine to $6,995.
For the nine months ending March 31, revenues were $772 million, an
increase of 23 percent over $626.8 million in the year-ago period.

More news from the SGI contingent?


Bob Jacobson
CoMod