Acer vs Silicon Graphics

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Acer is the older of the two, founded in 1976 — 5 years before Silicon Graphics.

Founded: 1976; 1981
Status: Active; Closed 2009
Headquarters: New Taipei City, Taiwan; Sunnyvale, United States
Industry: computer hardware industry; computer hardware industry
Founders: Stan Shih; James H. Clark, Charles Kuta, Kurt Akeley, David J. Brown, Abbey Silverstone
Employees: 7,240; Not recorded
Legal form: public company; Delaware corporation
Listed on: Taiwan Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Website: acer-group.com; sgi.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Acer and Silicon Graphics.