Cray Awarded $39 Million Supercomputer Contract From the North-German Supercomputing Alliance (HLRN)

Cray Awarded $39 Million Supercomputer Contract From the North-German Supercomputing Alliance (HLRN)

SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwire) — 12/17/12 — Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced the Company has been awarded a $39 million contract from the North-German Supercomputing Alliance (HLRN) to deliver a distributed Cray XC30 supercomputing system, which will be operated at two sites — the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) and the High Performance Computing Center (RRZN) at Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany.HLRN is an alliance amongst seven states in Northern Germany

YarcData Joins World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to Promote SPARQL and RDF Standards

YarcData Joins World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to Promote SPARQL and RDF Standards

PLEASANTON, CA — (Marketwire) — 12/11/12 — YarcData, a Cray (NASDAQ: CRAY) company dedicated to providing "Big Data" graph-analytic solutions to enterprises, today announced that it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which is an international community that develops open web standards.The W3C-s mission is to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure the long-term growth of the web. As a W3C member, YarcData will jo

YarcData Announces Six Finalists for the $100,000 Graph Analytics Challenge

YarcData Announces Six Finalists for the $100,000 Graph Analytics Challenge

PLEASANTON, CA — (Marketwire) — 12/03/12 — YarcData, a Cray (NASDAQ: CRAY) company dedicated to providing "Big Data" graph-analytic solutions to enterprise customers, today announced the six finalists for the YarcData Graph Analytics Challenge. The top six entries for the contest, which features $100,000 in prizes including a $70,000 grand prize for the first place winner, were determined to have entered the best submissions for un-partitionable, Big Data graph problems.The top six

Cray Completes Acquisition of Appro International

Cray Completes Acquisition of Appro International

SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwire) — 11/21/12 — Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced it has completed the previously announced transaction to acquire Appro International, Inc. The aggregate merger consideration paid by Cray was approximately $21.8 million in cash, which reflects approximately $3.2 million in deductions from the previously-announced $25 million purchase price (for certain transaction expenses paid and working capital adjustments) that were made in conn

Cray XE6 Series of Supercomputers Now Available With New AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processors

Cray XE6 Series of Supercomputers Now Available With New AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processors

SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwire) — 11/05/12 — Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced the Cray XE6 and Cray XE6m supercomputers are now available with the new AMD Opteron 6300 Series processor, using its next-generation "Piledriver" core. With a performance-per-watt that is up to 40 percent higher than prior generations, these new AMD (NYSE: AMD) Opteron processors are designed to enhance power efficiency with more application performance within the same powe

Cray Inc. to Announce First Quarter 2012 Financial Results on Thursday, April 26

Cray Inc. to Announce First Quarter 2012 Financial Results on Thursday, April 26

SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwire) — 04/24/12 — Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) plans to host an investor conference call on Thursday, April 26 at 1:30 p.m. PDT (4:30 p.m. EDT) to discuss its first quarter 2012 financial results. The call will feature a discussion by senior management followed by a question and answer session.To access the call, please dial into the conference at least 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call at 1-877-941-0844. International callers should

Cray Inc. Lands $188 Million Contract and Releases 2012 Outlook

Cray Inc. Lands $188 Million Contract and Releases 2012 Outlook

SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwire) — 11/14/11 — Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced it has finalized a contract with the University of Illinois- National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) to provide the supercomputer for the National Science Foundation-s Blue Waters project. The supercomputer will be comprised of a Cray XE6 system and a future upgrade of the recently-announced Cray XK6 supercomputer with GPU computing capability incorporated into a singl

Mongolia-s National Agency of Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring Orders a Cray XE6m Supercomputer

Mongolia-s National Agency of Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring Orders a Cray XE6m Supercomputer

SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwire) — 09/26/11 — Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced that the National Agency of Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring (NAMEM) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia has ordered a Cray XE6m supercomputer. NAMEM specializes in weather forecasting and climate projection integration in Mongolia, and will use its Cray XE6m system to perform regional weather and climate models for operational and research purposes.The Mongolian terrain consists of stee