Editing Silicon Graphics (section)

===Acquisition of Alias, Wavefront, Cray and Intergraph===
In 1995, SGI purchased Alias Research, [[Kroyer Films]], and [[Wavefront Technologies]] in a deal totaling approximately $500 million and merged the companies into Alias|Wavefront. In June 2004 SGI sold the business, later renamed to [[Alias Systems Corporation|Alias/Wavefront]], to the private equity investment firm Accel-[[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts|KKR]] for $57.5 million.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=<!-- no author specified --> |date=May 2004 |title=Accel-KKR to acquire SGI's Alias |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A118341586/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=233d2a73 |magazine=Asia Image |publisher=Reed Business Information |volume=9 |issue=4 |page=8 |issn=0219-6158 |access-date=July 1, 2023 |via=Gale General OneFile (Wikipedia Library)}}</ref> In October 2005, [[Autodesk]] announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alias for $182 million in cash.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Autodesk acquires Alias |work= PC World |date= October 4, 2005 |first= Peter |last= Cohen |url= http://www.macworld.com/article/1047264/alias.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?linkID=14271593&id=5983502&siteID=123112 |work= Press Release |title= Autodesk Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Alias |publisher= Autodesk |date= October 4, 2005 |access-date= September 3, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131004223743/http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?linkID=14271593&id=5983502&siteID=123112 |archive-date= 2013-10-04 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=January 2006|first=TVTechnology 13|title=Autodesk completes acquisition of Alias|url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/autodesk-completes-acquisition-of-alias|access-date=2024-09-03|website=TVTechnology|date=13 January 2006 |language=en}}</ref>

In February 1996, SGI purchased the well-known [[supercomputer]] manufacturer [[Cray Research]] for $740 million,<ref>David Einstein, [https://www.forbes.com/2000/03/03/mu4.html Could SGI Be A Takeover Target?] Forbes, March 2000.
</ref> and began to use marketing names such as "CrayLink" for (SGI-developed) technology integrated into the SGI server line. Three months later, it sold the [[Cray Business Systems Division]], responsible for the [[CS6400]] SPARC/Solaris server, to [[Sun Microsystems]] for an undisclosed amount (acknowledged later by a Sun executive to be "significantly less than $100 million").<ref>{{cite press release
  |title= Sun Microsystems announces intent to purchase Cray Business Systems Division
  |publisher= Sun Microsystems
  |date= May 17, 1996
  |url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sun+Microsystems+Announces+Intent+to+Purchase+Cray+Business+Systems...-a018293601
  |access-date= March 20, 2011
  |archive-date= October 23, 2012
  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121023113441/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sun+Microsystems+Announces+Intent+to+Purchase+Cray+Business+Systems...-a018293601
  |url-status= dead
  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | author1 = Lisa DiCarlo 
 | title = Sun's Purchase Of Cray's Unix Server Business
 | url = https://www.forbes.com/2002/05/06/0506sun.html
 | work = [[Forbes]]
 | date = 2002-05-06
 | access-date = 2019-01-24
}}</ref> Many of the [[Cray T3E]] engineers designed and developed the [[SGI Altix]] and [[NUMAlink]] technology. SGI sold the Cray brand and product lines to [[Tera Computer Company]] on March 31, 2000, for $35 million plus one million shares.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2002/11/18/focus2.html | first=M. Sharon | last=Baker | title=Cray is making a name for itself in the world of supercomputers | date=November 17, 2002}}</ref> SGI also distributed its remaining interest in MIPS Technologies through a spin-off effective June 20, 2000.

In September 2000, SGI acquired the Zx10 series of Windows workstations and servers from [[Intergraph|Intergraph Computer Systems]] (for a rumored $100 million), and rebadged them as SGI systems. The product line was discontinued in June 2001.