Cray Inc., Ohio Supercomputer Center Collaborate to Assess Technologies for Cray SV2 Supercomputer.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SC2001 DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001 Joint Project Will Evaluate Prospective I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output Node Technologies, Data Archiving Tools Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) today announced an agreement with OSC O.S.C. n. short for Order to Show Cause. (See: Order to Show Cause) (Ohio Supercomputer Center The Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) is a high performance computing and networking center headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, United States (OSC-Columbus) with a division in Springfield, Ohio (OSC-Springfield). It was stablished in 1987 by the Ohio Board of Regents. ), Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. , to collaborate on assessing technologies for what is expected to be the world's most powerful supercomputer product. As part of the 14-month agreement, OSC will help Cray evaluate several I/O node technologies and data archiving tools under consideration for the Cray SV2(TM) product due out in the second half of 2002. Cray and OSC signed the memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. at SC2001, the annual conference of the high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. community in progress here. "This agreement expands our long-term relationship with OSC as both a customer and technology partner," said Cray President and Chief Executive Officer Michael P. Haydock. "Working together, we'll learn which technologies best achieve certain Cray SV2 requirements. And OSC will benefit from early exposure to a highly advanced supercomputing architecture -- furthering its mission to promote new computing systems and technology." Earlier this year, Cray announced an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement with Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. that gave Cray the ability to rebrand rebrand Verb to change or update the image of (an organization or product) , directly market and sell Sun Fire(TM) servers as data management (input/output) nodes within Cray's next-generation Cray SV2 and Cray MTA-2(TM) products. OSC's large installed base of Sun systems, including Sun Fire 6800 servers, makes it an ideal environment for testing the high-end I/O capabilities of various Sun systems to determine the optimal system and system configuration for Cray SV2 I/O nodes. "OSC looks upon the joint research project to work with Cray to leverage both organizations' expertise in data management and I/O functionality," said OSC High Performance Computing Director Al Stutz. "OSC has a rich tradition in working with leaders in technology development. This project will clearly benefit Ohio researchers and the national science computational community." Cray and OSC also will evaluate data archival tools and related technologies as part of the agreement. The goal of this project is to ease migration of customer codes to the Cray SV2 system by gaining further insight into migration issues and developing a well-documented transition process for potential Cray SV2 customers. The Cray SV2 supercomputer will offer extreme performance from tens of gigaflops (GIGA FLoating point OPerations per Second) One billion floating point operations per second. See FLOPS. (unit) gigaflops - (GFLOPS) One thousand million (10^9) floating point operations per second. (billions of calculations per second) to multiple tens of teraflops (trillions of calculations per second). Key markets for Cray SV2 systems include government classified, academic/government research, weather forecasting, petroleum and high-end industrial. About OSC OSC is Ohio's flagship center for high-performance computing and networking. It is a place where networking, computing and education converge to position Ohio as the education and information state of the future. For more than a decade, OSC has connected the state's higher education community to advanced computing and networking resources. Today, OSC continues to present new technologies to the state, helping to advance science, engineering, education and industry. More information on OSC can be found at www.osc.edu. About Cray Inc. Cray is the premier provider of computational solutions for its customers' most challenging scientific and engineering problems. For more information about Cray, see www.cray.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements. There are certain factors that could cause Cray's execution plans to differ materially from those anticipated by the statements above. Among such risk factors are the various technological challenges inherent in the design and development of advanced supercomputer systems, adequate government support, timely delivery of commercially acceptable components from third party suppliers that meet Cray's design requirements, availability of third-party application software and customer acceptance of new operating and computer systems. For a discussion of such risks, and other risks that could affect Cray's future performance, please see "Factors That Could Affect Future Results" in Cray's most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . Note to Editors: Cray is a registered trademark, and Cray SV2, Cray MTA-2, Cray SV1 and Cray T3E are trademarks, of Cray Inc. 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