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Cray Computer Rolls Out Cray-4
11/11/94 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO,
U.S.A., 1994 NOV 11 (NB) -- Cray
Computer Corp. (NASDAQ: CRAY) rolled
out its Cray-4 supercomputer this
week, saying its one nanosecond clock
cycle, equivalent to an operating
speed of one gigahertz (GHz), is the
fastest of any available system.
The Cray-4 was designed using the
same core technologies and
manufacturing processes that were
developed for the Cray-3
supercomputer, including gallium
arsenide chips instead of the
traditional silicon. That system
never found a buyer.
The company says four single-
processor Cray-4 prototype systems,
each with 64 megawords of memory, are
currently undergoing diagnostic
testing and it expects to begin
system benchmarking by year end. Cray
says it plans to be able to deliver
four and eight processor Cray-4
systems during the first half of
1995.
The Cray-4 will eventually be
available with from two to 32
processors, with shared memories
ranging from 128 megawords to four
gigawords. The price for a 16
gigaflop Cray-4 with eight processors
and 512 megawords of memory will be
under $6 million, not including
peripherals.
Marketing the Cray-4 may be
tough, since it's expected to compete
with Cray Research Corp.'s C-90
system and its successor, the Triton,
as well as NEC Corp.'s SX-4.
Cray will be displaying the Cray-
4 processor, known internally as a
"brick," at the Supercomputing 94
conference in Washington, D.C. next
week.
Terry Willkom, Cray Computer
president, told the Gazette Telegraph
newspaper the company has only enough
cash on hand to stay afloat another
75 days, which will barely see it
through the testing period. At that
time the company will face another in
what has been a series of financial
crises it has so far been able to
stave off by raising additional
funding.
(Jim Mallory/19941111/Press and
public contact: Cray Computer, 719-
579-6464)