Editing Silicon Graphics (section)

===ACE Consortium===
{{main|Advanced Computing Environment}}

SGI was part of the Advanced Computing Environment initiative, formed in the early 1990s with 20 other companies, including [[Compaq]], [[Digital Equipment Corporation]], [[MIPS Computer Systems]], [[Groupe Bull]], [[Siemens AG|Siemens]], [[NEC Corporation|NEC]], [[NeTpower]], [[Microsoft]] and [[Santa Cruz Operation]].<ref>{{cite news 
 | first = 
 | last = 
 | authorlink = John Markoff
 | author = John Markoff
 | title =  New Computer Alliance Forms
 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2DA1438F93BA35757C0A967958260
 | work = The New York Times
 | date = 1991-04-08
 | accessdate = 2024-09-01
 | url-access = limited
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news 
 | title =  New breed of computers based on new standard UNIX/RISC software debuts: Compaq's Rod Canion says 'ACE' destined to be environment of choice for the 1990s.
 | publisher = Software Industry Report
 | url = http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/computer-software/157919-1.html
 | date = 1991-04-15
 | accessdate = 2024-09-01
}}{{Dead link|date=August 2021}}</ref><ref name="digitalnews19910429_sgi">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/sim_digital-news_1991-04-29_6_9/page/n99/mode/1up | title=SGI's McCracken: From leading edge to mass market | magazine=Digital News | date=29 April 1991 | access-date=1 September 2024 | last1=Heichler | first1=Elizabeth | pages=94 |volume=6 |issue=9}}</ref><ref name="computerworld19910415_lineup">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/computerworld2515unse/page/7/mode/1up | title=Outsiders don't fear ACE | magazine=Computerworld | date=15 April 1991 | access-date=1 September 2024 | last1=Savage | first1=J. A. | pages=7 | volume=XXV | issue=15 }}</ref> Its intent was to introduce workstations based on the [[MIPS architecture]] and able to run [[Windows NT]] and [[SCO UNIX]].<ref name="arc">{{cite book | url=ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/doc/ARC/riscspec.pdf | title=Advanced RISC Computing Specification Version 1.2 | publisher=MIPS Technology Inc. | date=1992 | access-date=1 September 2024 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="computerworld19910415_abc">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/computerworld2515unse/page/6/mode/1up | title=ABCs of ACE | magazine=Computerworld | date=15 April 1991 | access-date=1 September 2024 | last1=Johnson | first1=Maryfran | pages=6 | volume=XXV |issue=15}}</ref> The group produced the [[Advanced RISC Computing]] (ARC) specification,<ref name="arc"/> but began to unravel little more than a year after its formation.<ref name="computerworld19920504_ace">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/computerworld2618unse/page/105/mode/1up | title=Compaq exits ACE, posts dismal quarterly revenue | magazine=Computerworld | date=4 May 1992 | access-date=1 September 2024 | last1=Hildebrand | first1=Carol | pages=105 |volume=XXVI |issue=18}}</ref><ref name="computerworld19920127_compaq">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/computerworld264unse/page/4/mode/1up | title=Compaq, SGI call it quits | magazine=Computerworld | date=27 January 1992 | access-date=1 September 2024 | last1=Hildebrand | first1=Carol | pages=4 |volume=XXVI | issue=4}}</ref>