SGI Origin 2000

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Origin 2000

SGI Onyx2 and Origin 2000
Developer	Silicon Graphics
Type	Server
Release date	October 7, 1996; 28 years ago (October 7, 1996)
Discontinued	30 June 2002
Operating system	IRIX
CPU	MIPS R10000, MIPS R12000, MIPS R14000
Memory	64 MB–512 GB
Predecessor	SGI Challenge
Successor	SGI Origin 3000
Related	SGI Origin 200 and SGI Onyx2
Website	sgi.com

The SGI Origin 2000 is a family of mid-range and high-end server computers developed and manufactured by Silicon Graphics (SGI). They were introduced in 1996 to succeed the SGI Challenge and POWER Challenge. At the time of introduction, these ran the IRIX operating system, originally version 6.4 and later, 6.5. A variant of the Origin 2000 with graphics capability is known as the Onyx2. An entry-level variant based on the same architecture but with a different hardware implementation is known as the Origin 200. The Origin 2000 was succeeded by the Origin 3000 in July 2000, and was discontinued on June 30, 2002.