SGI Indy
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SGI Indy is a mid-1990s Silicon Graphics workstation known for its advanced graphics, multimedia capabilities, and use in professional 3D and visualization work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SGI Indy canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5167128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: SGI Indy Context triple: [IRIX, targetHardware, SGI Indy]
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A.
The Indy
The Indy is a common shorthand name for The Independent, a British online newspaper known for its liberal editorial stance and digital-first approach.
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B.
IndyCar
IndyCar is a premier American open-wheel racing series known for high-speed competition on ovals, road courses, and street circuits, including the iconic Indianapolis 500.
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C.
Racer
Racer is a classic wooden racing roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in Pennsylvania.
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D.
IndyCar Classic
IndyCar Classic is an IndyCar Series race held at the Circuit of the Americas road course in Austin, Texas.
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E.
Indy100
Indy100 is a digital news and entertainment platform associated with The Independent, known for its viral stories, data-driven lists, and social media–focused content.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SGI Indy Target entity description: SGI Indy is a mid-1990s Silicon Graphics workstation known for its advanced graphics, multimedia capabilities, and use in professional 3D and visualization work.
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A.
The Indy
The Indy is a common shorthand name for The Independent, a British online newspaper known for its liberal editorial stance and digital-first approach.
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B.
IndyCar
IndyCar is a premier American open-wheel racing series known for high-speed competition on ovals, road courses, and street circuits, including the iconic Indianapolis 500.
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C.
Racer
Racer is a classic wooden racing roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in Pennsylvania.
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D.
IndyCar Classic
IndyCar Classic is an IndyCar Series race held at the Circuit of the Americas road course in Austin, Texas.
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E.
Indy100
Indy100 is a digital news and entertainment platform associated with The Independent, known for its viral stories, data-driven lists, and social media–focused content.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
RISC workstation
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workstation computer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Indy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecture | MIPS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| busArchitecture | GIO bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color | teal ⓘ |
| companyHeadquartersOfManufacturer | Mountain View, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| cpu |
MIPS R4000
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MIPS R4400 NERFINISHED ⓘ MIPS R4600 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | desktop graphics and multimedia computing ⓘ |
| discontinuedYear | late 1990s ⓘ |
| displayOutput | 13W3 video connector ⓘ |
| formFactor | pizza box desktop ⓘ |
| graphicsSubsystem |
Indy 24-bit Elan graphics
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Indy 24-bit XZ graphics ⓘ Indy 8-bit XL graphics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
CD-ROM drive in many configurations
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PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports ⓘ SCSI storage interface ⓘ onboard Ethernet networking ⓘ onboard audio ⓘ parallel port ⓘ serial ports ⓘ video input capability in some configurations ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Silicon Graphics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memoryCapacity | up to 256 MB RAM (approximate maximum, model-dependent) ⓘ |
| memoryType | 72-pin SIMM ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advanced 2D and 3D graphics for its time
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multimedia capabilities ⓘ use in professional 3D and visualization work ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | IRIX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | UNIX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | SGI Indigo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storage | 3.5-inch SCSI hard disk ⓘ |
| successor | SGI O2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
desktop workstation market
ⓘ
entry-level graphics workstation market ⓘ |
| typicalUsePeriod | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| usedFor |
3D modeling
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scientific visualization ⓘ software development ⓘ video and multimedia production ⓘ |
| usedInIndustry |
engineering
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film and visual effects ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SGI Indy Description of subject: SGI Indy is a mid-1990s Silicon Graphics workstation known for its advanced graphics, multimedia capabilities, and use in professional 3D and visualization work.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
IRIX
subject surface form:
Indy workstation