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• Ericsson Mobile Platforms Joins Khronos as Group Moves Dramatically Forward in Definition and Deployment of OpenGL ES Specification

  - 2003-03-12

  Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Game Developers Conference 2003 SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 12, 2003 Khronos Group Welcomes Ericsson, FueTrek and Mitsubishi as Newest Members; Group Invites Key ISVs to Preview the OpenGL ES Specification; Members Demo OpenGL ES Compliant Products at Game Developer Conference ...

  Tags: 3D, Ericsson Inc., game, Khronos Group, mobile, Nokia Corp., OpenGL, Silicon Graphics Inc.

• Khronos Group Development of OpenGL ES Gains Momentum as New Members Declare Support for OpenGL ES Compliant Products

  - 2003-02-17

  Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 3GSM World Congress 2003 CANNES, France--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 17, 2003 Fathammer, Hybrid Graphics, MediaQ and Tungsten Graphics Join as Khronos Members to Participate in the Further Development of Open Standard APIs for Mobile Graphics Applications The Khronos Group is pleased to announce...

  Tags: 3D, graphics, Khronos Group, MARKETING, mobile, OpenGL, Silicon Graphics Inc.

• Digital Media Industry Leaders Join Khronos; Khronos Group Gains Significant Momentum in Creating OpenML and OpenGL ES Graphics and Dynamic Media API Standards

  - 2002-09-10

  Business Editors/High-Tech Writers International Broadcasters Convention IBC Amsterdam Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 10, 2002 The Khronos Group is pleased to announce that 3d4W, ARM, DVS, Imagination Technologies, Motorola, Nokia and RealVision have joined the Khronos Group as Promoting Members, and, along with group founders and renewing Promoting Members...

  Tags: API, graphics, Khronos Group, media, OpenGL, Silicon Graphics Inc., standards

• CANARIE USES SGI OPENGL VIZSERVER TO DRIVE REAL-TIME HIGH-END VISUALIZATIONS UP TO 1,900 MILES.(SGI's image processing platform)

  - 2001-11-12

  SGI (NYSE: SGI), a world leader in high-performance computing, complex data management, visualization products and services, has announced the successful conclusion of an experiment in long-distance visual serving. The demonstration featured the SGI Visual Serving environment based on SGI OpenGL Vizserver and was conducted June through...

  Tags: Canada, graphics, McGill University, network, OpenGL, Silicon Graphics Inc.

• Canarie Uses Sgi Opengl Vizserver To Drive Real-Time High-End Visualizations Up To 1,900 Miles

  - 2001-11-12

  SGI (NYSE: SGI), a world leader in high-performance computing, complex data management, visualization products and services, has announced the successful conclusion of an experiment in long-distance visual serving. The demonstration featured the SGI Visual Serving environment based on SGI OpenGL Vizserver and was conducted June through August 2001 using CANARIE,...

  Tags: Canada, graphics, McGill University, network, OpenGL, Silicon Graphics Inc.

• SGI builds OpenGL clout vs. Microsoft; S3 on board - Silicon Graphics' OpenGL for Windows 95/NT - Product Announcement

  - 1997-08-11

  Los Angeles--The continuing debate between major 3-D graphics application programming interfaces APIs took an interesting twist last week here at Siggraph '97 as Silicon Graphics, Inc. SGI introduced an optimized version of OpenGL for Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT, including updates for full support of Intel's MMX instruction set....

  Tags: board, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, OpenGL, Silicon Graphics Inc.

• Microsoft asked to support OpenGL - game developers back Silicon Graphics' API - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article

  - 1997-07-07

  Mountain View, Calif.--The application programming interface API wars--between Microsoft's Direct3D and Silicon Graphics' OpenGL--took an interesting twist recently when a number of gaming developers released an open letter to Microsoft calling on the company to actively support the OpenGL 3-D API for games on Windows 95 and Windows NT.

  Tags: API, game, marketing, Microsoft Corp., OpenGL, Silicon Graphics Inc.

• SGI steps up OpenGL race vs. Microsoft Direct3D - Silicon Graphics Inc - Company Business and Marketing

  - 1997-05-19

  Mountain View, Calif.--Attempting to gain momentum in the PC market, Silicon Graphics, Inc SGI unveiled a technology roadmap for modifying and expanding the OpenGL application programming interface API including development for a scene graph toolkit that the company claims will simplify high-performance 3-D graphics creation.

  Tags: marketing, Microsoft Corp., OpenGL, Silicon Graphics Inc.

• Be Licenses OpenGL from Silicon Graphics; The industry standard 3-D environment will be integrated into the BeOS

  - 1996-08-05

  MENLO PARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 5, 1996--Be, Inc. announced today that it has licensed OpenGL, the industry standard 3-D programming API, from Silicon Graphics, Inc. and has plans to integrate it into the Be Operating System (BeOS.)

  Tags: OpenGL, Silicon Graphics Inc., industry standard, 3D

• Network Computing Devices licenses Silicon Graphics' OpenGL to run 3D applications on NCD's X terminals; Cost-effective X terminals will run powerful 3D graphics

  - 1995-02-27

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 27, 1995--Network Computing Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS: NCDI), a leader in X terminals, announced today that it has licensed OpenGL from Silicon Graphics, Inc., the leading manufacturer of high-performance visual computing systems, for their new 64-bit HMX X terminal family.

  Tags: 3D, OpenGL, Silicon Graphics Inc.