Demise — Top Company

by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025

SGI

• Silicon Graphics Incorporated (SGI) sold $10,000+ work stations.
• Its customers include the movie companies doing computer animation.
• With the advent of powerful graphic chips and PCs which offer graphics and animations at reasonable prices, SGI folded.

SGI Buildings

• Computer History Museum (CHM) bought one of the SGI buildings on Shoreline Boulevard, Mountain View.
• Google bought most of the remaining SGI buildings and created its GooglePlex.

Caution

• A top company may be toppled by competitors and innovators.

Posts

• Competition
• Innovation
• Obsolescence
• Technology