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In 1994, IRIX 6.0 added support for the 64-bit MIPS R8000 processor, but is otherwise similar to IRIX 5.2. Later 6.x releases support other members of the MIPS processor family in 64-bit mode. IRIX 6.3 was released for the SGI O2 workstation only. [7] IRIX 6.4 improved multiprocessor scalability for the Octane, Origin 2000, and Onyx2 systems.
IRIX 5.2 and later have much more efficient memory usage. [3] The latest release of IRIX available for the Indy workstations is 6.5.22. [citation needed] Indy includes a CD of video games. [4] Indy competed with Windows and Macintosh, [1] [3] including using their files and running their applications via software emulation. [4]
The Indigo was designed to run IRIX, SGI's version of Unix. [2] The Indigos with R3000 processors are supported up to IRIX version 5.3, and Indigo equipped with an R4000 or R4400 processor can run up to IRIX 6.5.22. Additionally, the free Unix-like operating system NetBSD has support for both the IP12 and IP20 Indigos as part of the sgimips ...