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Alias/Wavefront Releases StudioTools for HP-UX Platform

Industrial Design Software Now Shipping

TORONTO, Canada - February 2, 2001 - Alias/Wavefront, an SGI (NYSE: SGI) company, announced today that it has released a version of its 3D computer-aided industrial design (CAID) software family, StudioTools, made specifically for the Hewlett-Packard HP-UX operating system. StudioTools products, including DesignStudio, Studio, AutoStudio and SurfaceStudio, are now shipping for HP-UX 11 running on HP Visualize workstations.

The new release marks another step in an ongoing Alias/Wavefront expansion program that has already added Sun Solaris, Windows NT and Windows 2000 to the company's long standing operating system base of SGI Irix. The purpose of the program is to make StudioTools software available to a broader range of industrial designers around the world. Pairing Offers More to CAID Designer

"To use all the advanced capabilities of CAID software, industrial designers need reliable, robust operating systems and hardware," explained John Gibson, Director, StudioTools at Alias/Wavefront. "We believe the HP computing environment is an excellent option, offering solid price-performance, power and scalability to users of StudioTools software."

"The HP-UX operating environment, workstations and servers combined with the advanced capabilities of Alias/Wavefront software offer an excellent option for design departments that need solid price-performance as well as the power and scalability of the HP-UX platform," commented Jim Zafarana, Worldwide Marketing Manager of HP's Technical Computing Division.

Availability

The StudioTools family of software for the HP-UX platform is shipping now. Products include DesignStudio, Studio, AutoStudio and SurfaceStudio.

http://www.aliaswavefront.com

About Alias/Wavefront

Alias/Wavefront is the world's leading developer of CAID (computer-aided industrial design) software. For over 15 years, the company has been the premier supplier of design software developed specifically for the needs of transportation designers, including automotive interiors and exteriors, motorcycles and watercraft. Around the world, designers have also used Alias/Wavefront products to produce award-winning designs for everything from laptop computers, sporting equipment, cellular telephones, medical equipment and children's toys to fashion accessories.

As the world's leading innovator of 2D and 3D graphics technology, Alias/Wavefront develops software for the film and video, games, interactive media, industrial design, technical surfacing and visualization markets.

Alias/Wavefront's design customers include AT&T, BMW, Boeing, Fiat, Ford, Honda,General Motors, Italdesign, Kodak, Mattel, Renault, Rollerblade, Trek Bicycle, Teague and Timex. Alias/Wavefront is a wholly owned, independent software company of SGI with headquarters in Toronto and technical centers in Seattle and Santa Barbara.

 

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