SGI IRIS 4D
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The SGI IRIS 4D series was a line of workstations from Silicon Graphics
built in the late-1980s through mid-1990s. They were the first SGI workstations to use the MIPS architecture
. The line culminated with the Crimson
which was produced until 1997.
Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions, including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark...
built in the late-1980s through mid-1990s. They were the first SGI workstations to use the MIPS architecture
MIPS architecture
MIPS is a reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by MIPS Technologies . The early MIPS architectures were 32-bit, and later versions were 64-bit...
. The line culminated with the Crimson
SGI Crimson
The IRIS Crimson, code named Diehard2, is a Silicon Graphics computer released in the early 1990s. It was the world's first 64-bit workstation....
which was produced until 1997.