The Competitors

Apple IBM

Auspex Intergraph

Compaq Microsoft/PC's

DEC NT

HP Sun

General Competitive Information

Industry Analysis

SGI Analysis

Benchmarks/ Speeds and Feeds

Competitive Matrices and Periodic Tables

Competitive Profiles Database ( Updated 11/9/96 )

Apple ( Competitive Profile )

Positioning O2 vs Power Mac (11/7/96)

Auspex ( Competitive Profile )

File Serving Competitive Update (Jan 16, 1996)

Compaq ( Competitive Profile )

Compaq's Windows NT Workstation Announcement (Nov 1, 1996)

DEC ( Competitive Profile )

DEC PowerStorm 4DX0T Graphics & AlphaStation 500/500 (8-22-96)

Digital Adds its Mid-Range Server (May 1996)

DEC AlphaStation 255 and 500 and PowerStorm Graphics Announcement
(Revised March 14, 1996)

Digital Increases its CPU Performance (Feb 16, 1996)

CHALLENGE L vs DEC Alpha Server 8200 5/300

CHALLENGE DM vs DEC Alpha Server 2100

CHALLENGE XL vs DEC Alpha Server 8400 5/300/333

Power CHALLENGE vs DEC Alpha Server 8200/8400

DEC AlphaStation 600 5/333 Announcement-Analysis (Jan 29, 1996)

DEC 8200 & 8400 High-End SMP Compute Servers
Viggy Mokkarala, Frame (mif), 0.22MB, Updated 08/14/95


Hewlett-Packard ( Competitive Profile )

Positioning O2 Against HP's Entry Desktop Family

Positioning Origin vs HP/Convex SPP2000

HP B-Class, C160L, and J280 Announcement (Sept 30, 1996)

HP PA-8000 Commercial UNIX ServerAnnouncement (Sept 20, 1996)

HP Graphics Workstation Announcement (June 5, 1996)

IMPACT 10,000 vs HP C160/C180 (Showcase - 16MB)

CHALLENGE S vs HP 200/210/310

CHALLENGE L vs HP-K410

CHALLENGE DM vs HP-K210 and HP D-Class 250/350

CHALLENGE XL vs HP-T520

Power CHALLENGE HP/Convex Exemplar SP1200

HP Still Lags Behind: HP Announcement-Analysis (Feb 6, 1996)

Silicon Graphics vs. HP's C-Class Workstations (Customer Viewable Overview of Showcase File)


IBM ( Competitive Profile )

Positioning O2 Against IBM's Entry Desktop Family

IBM ADDS CONFUSION TO ITS RS/6000 PRODUCT LINE: AGAIN

IBM 43P 140/240, 595, and PCI-based GXT Graphics Announcement

IBM Announces its Long Awaited PowerPC 604 SMP Products

Power CHALLENGE XL vs IBM SP/2


Intergraph ( Competitive Profile )

Positioning O2 against Intergraph TDZ-RealiZm (10-21-96)

Intergraph RealiZm Graphics and TDZ X10 Systems (8-21-96)

Intergraph Competitive Announcement Analysis (Nov 6, 1995)


Microsoft/PCs ( Competitive Profile )

Competing with NT Survey

Debunking the Myth: Workstations vs. PCs

Modern Mythology: PCs and NT (sNt Presentation by Tom Jermoluk)


Sun ( Competitive Profile )

SUN Lowers Prices, Adds New Models to it's Industry Leading Ultracomputing Product Lines

Enabling Technologies Group's Analysis of Sun's Announcement

Sun Lowers Ultra Workstation Price and Ultra 2 Product Announcement

Sun's Ultra Enterprise Announcement

• Sun's Expected Post-Announcement Pricing (4-19-96)
• SGI's Servers vs. Sun Ultra Competitive Analysis
• SGI's April 17 Response
• Sun's April 16 Announcement

Sun Attempts to Follow SGI's Lead in the Intranet

• Sun's Announcement - March 25, 1996
  
  
• SGI Separates Facts from Fiction
  (FAQ: WebFORCE Intranet vs Sun's Intranet Announcement)
  

Using Silicon Graphics Workstations in SunOS and Solaris Networks (March 31, 1995)

CHALLENGE S vs Sun Server 5/110 and Sun Ultra 140/E170

CHALLENGE L vs Sun Server 2000E

CHALLENGE DM vs Sun Server 1000E

CHALLENGE XL vs SparcCenter 2000E

File Serving Competitive Update Text to Sun Competitive Voice Mail (Dec 21, 1995)

Sun's UltraSPARC Server

Silicon Graphics vs. Sun Ultra (Customer Viewable)

• See web-viewable presentation
  and/or
  download Showcase Presentation (7.6MB)
• Speaker Notes (6.5MB)

UltraSparc: Sun's Unagressive Next Gen CPU (Showcase Presentation)

Sun Ultra Workstation and Creator Graphics Announcement Analysis (Nov 9, 1995)


Industry Analysis

DataQuest's Analysis of SGI's Origin2000 announcement. (October 17, 1996)

IDC's 1996 Marketshare for the UNIX Environment (October 8, 1996)

Enabling Technologies Group's Analysis of Sun's Announcement (Apr 16, 1996)

What They Are Saying - Analysis from IDC (Feb 5, 1996)

DataPro's Assessment of SGI's Announcement (Jan 29, 1996)

"SGI Unstoppable" - Says DataQuest(Jan 18, 1996)

D.H. Brown Associates 1995 SMP/MPP Trends

IDC's 1995 Worldwide Server Operating Systems Market Share and Trends

IDC's 1995 Worldwide Workstation Market Share Report (Revised 12/15/95)

SGI Analysis

Announcement Analyses on Atlas

Competitor's Sales Strategies (CHALLENGE Competition page from NSD)

Benchmarks - Speeds and Feeds

SPEC95 Ratings and Information

SPEC92 Ratings and Information

Competitive System Speeds and Feeds

AIM Technology's Published Benchmark Results

Competitive Matrices and Periodic Tables

SGI vs. The Competition:

Indy Product Matrix Comparison
Origin2000 Dual Rack verses the competition
Origin2000 Deskside verses the competition
Origin2000 (Single Rack) verses the competition
Origin200 verses the competition
CHALLENGE XL vs the competition
Power CHALLENGE XL vs the competition
CHALLENGE L vs the competition
CHALLENGE DM vs the competition
Power CHALLENGE vs the competition
CHALLENGE S vs the competition
Positioning O2 vs Power Mac
Positioning O2 vs HP
Positioning O2 vs IBM
Positioning O2 vs Intergraph
Positioning O2 vs Sun
Positioning O2 vs DEC

Competitive Periodic Tables