WDFA BUYS MORE THAN 500 SGI OCTANE VISUAL WORKSTATIONS

SGI (NYSE: SGI) has expanded its ongoing relationship with Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) by providing more than 500 Silicon Graphics(R) visual workstations to the studio, including the recently released Silicon Graphics(R) Octane2(TM) visual workstation. The purchase gives WDFA powerful new computing power. Most recently, Disney utilized a full range of SGI(TM) workstations and servers to create digital characters and special effects for such visually driven feature films as Gone in 60 Seconds, Mission to Mars and Dinosaur as well as the upcoming 102 Dalmatians, due in theaters in the U.S. in November.