[coldtea]

>decades ago he worked for a company that no one’s heard of

Err, SGI was one of the pillars of the industry.

[daishi55]

Apparently not? A pillar is something that is structurally required.

[_DeadFred_]

What would today look like without NVidia? SGI is a pilar.

[pandaman]

We'd likely have 3Dfx keeping its technology and developing it, or Rendition, S3, 3DLabs or whatever taking its place instead.