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Celebrating 20 Years of Leadership - Silicon Graphics

Network performance is critical to business success. Applications such as file serving, Webcasting, and data mining are consuming bandwidth like never before. High-performance networks using Gigabyte System Network (GSN), HIPPI-800, Gigabit Ethernet, and ATM are becoming a business necessity. Choosing the network type, network components, and servers needed to keep data flowing at the maximum rates of today's high-speed networks is no simple task.

Network Type Maximum Bandwidth
GSN 6400 Mbps
Myrinet 2000 Mbps
Gigabit Ethernet 1000 Mbps
HIPPI 800 800 Mbps
ATM (OC12) 622 Mbps
ATM (OC3) 155 Mbps
Fast Ethernet 100 Mbps
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SGI is a long-standing leader in high-performance networking. The SGI Origin® family servers, SGI Onyx family graphics systems, and Silicon Graphics Octane® and Silicon Graphics O2® workstations offer unparalleled system bandwidth to drive multiple high-speed network interfaces, keeping critical data flowing.