Cray Inc. Receives Order for Cray X1 Supercomputer from GMRI for NASA Ames Research Center.Business Editors & Technology Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2004 Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) today announced that it has received an order for a Cray X1(TM) supercomputer system from GMRI GMRI Government Micro Resources Inc (Manassas, VA) . Under the contract terms, the Cray X1 system was recently installed at the NASA Ames Research Center NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) is a NASA facility located at Moffett Federal Airfield, which covers 43 acres at the borders of the cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale in California. This research center is most commonly called NASA Ames. facility in Moffett Field, California. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Cray X1 system will be used for a joint evaluation and development program aimed at porting NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. applications codes and testing their effectiveness on the system. "The Cray X1 system was acquired to support NASA 's Earth Sciences and Aeronautics Enterprise High End Computing partnership, which is fielding test beds in the most promising supercomputer architectures. This is a cooperative program that involves NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately 6.5 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. , Ames Research Center, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. (JPL)," said Dr. Walt Brooks, chief of the NASA Ames Advanced Supercomputing Division. "The multi-center team will work together on porting codes and optimizing the CRAY system for NASA's most challenging engineering and science problems." "This important collaboration with GMRI and NASA is another important milestone in Cray's return to HPC leadership," said Cray Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Jim Rottsolk. "The Cray X1 supercomputer is a highly balanced system that has already demonstrated unrivaled performance on very large, complex customer problems." "GMRI appreciates the opportunity to serve NASA and other agencies by supplying the complete line of Cray products on the GMRI NASA SEWP SEWP Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (NASA) SEWP Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement (NASA) SEWP Science and Engineering Workforce Project III (GWAC) contract," said GMRI Senior Vice President Lonnie Landers. About GMRI Based in Manassas, Va., GMRI provides information technology solutions for federal, corporate and education customers. GMRI specializes in enterprise mass storage, supercomputing, e-commerce, web application development, network operations, and information and infrastructure assurance. For more information about GMRI, see www.gmri.com. About NASA Ames Research Center NASA Ames Research Center ("Ames") is located at Moffett Field, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. Ames was founded December 20, 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics “NACA” redirects here. For other uses, see NACA (disambiguation). The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a U.S. federal agency founded on March 3, 1915 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. (NACA) and in 1958 became part of National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), (NASA). Ames specializes in research geared toward creating new knowledge and new technologies that span the spectrum of NASA interests. About Cray Inc. Cray's mission is to be the premier provider of supercomputing solutions for its customers' most challenging scientific and engineering problems. Go to www.cray.com for more information about the company. Safe Harbor 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. These include Cray's ability to pass acceptance tests and general economic and market conditions. For a discussion of these and other risks, see Cray's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2004. Cray is a registered trademark, and Cray X1 is a trademark, of Cray Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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