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Employment Agreement - Alias/Wavefront and Robert K. Burgess

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July 6, 1995

Mr. Robert K. Burgess
Alias/Wavefront
110 Richmond Street East
Toronto, Ontario  M5C 1P1

Dear Mr. Burgess:

I am pleased to confirm your employment with Silicon Graphics, Inc. as President
of our newly created software organization, Alias/Wavefront, on the terms and
conditions included in this letter and the accompanying offer letter.

We look forward to a mutually satisfactory relationship and would hold you to no
specific termination period if you wish to leave the Company's employ.  However,
if Silicon Graphics terminates your employment prior to June 30, 1996, for any
reason other than for cause (as defined in the Continuation Agreement which is
forthcoming), then a severance payment of two (2) years of target compensation,
which would include base salary, your divisional variable component and the
corporate executive annual incentive plan, would be payable.  After June 30,
1996, this severance payment would be reduced to one (1) year of target
compensation as defined above.  The severance payments provided in this letter
will not be payable if you receive payments pursuant to the Continuation
Agreement between you and Silicon Graphics, or any successor to that agreement.

Please contact me if you have any questions.  You may accept this offer by
signing the accompanying offer letter and returning the signed copy.

Sincerely,



Thomas A. Jermoluk
President and Chief Operating Officer


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