Starbridge and SGI Accelerate FPGA Computing Solutions for Solving Grand Challenge Problems

Companies deliver Hypercomputing® to software developers, researchers, and hardware designers

Seattle, WA– Nov. 15, 2005 –Starbridge Systems today announced a strategic relationship with Silicon Graphics (OTC: SGID) to further accelerate algorithm computation using field-programmable gate arrays, or FPGAs. SGI will provide Starbridge’s Viva® development software under a temporary license as part of its RASC™ (Reconfigurable Application-Specific Computing) development kit. The combined solution is capable of drastically decreasing compute time for computationally intensive applications over non-optimized systems. Starbridge will hold demonstrations of the collaborative system at its booth during SC|05 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking and Storage, November 12 – 18 in Seattle.

Deal helps high-performance computing designers leverage the power of an FPGA

Salt Lake City, Utah and Baltimore, Md.—Taking the lead in addressing strategic markets for field programmable gate array (FPGA) systems, Starbridge Systems and Nallatech today announced a worldwide strategic partnership that offers a unique combination of software, hardware and services suited for high-performance computing applications. These combined offerings make the power of FPGAs accessible to system engineers involved in high-performance computing applications in markets such as defense and military, homeland security and bioinformatics.