Steve Conway, 612/683-7133

Laura Merriam, 612/683-7395



GREAT BRITAIN'S ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY INSTALLS 

CRAY RESEARCH SUPERCOMPUTER



EAGAN, Minn., July 14, 1993 -- Cray Research announced today that AEA Technology (United

Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority) has installed a CRAY Y-MP supercomputer at the

organization's Harwell Laboratory, Great Britain.   The used system, first offered in 1989, has

a list price in the U.S. beginning at $2 million and was installed in first quarter 1993. 



AEA Technology provides consultancy services to Great Britain's engineering and energy

sectors, including the petroleum, nuclear and chemical industries. 



The CRAY Y-MP system will replace a CRAY-2 supercomputer, allowing AEA Technology to

continue to advance its high-performance computing capabilities for computational fluid

dynamics, stress analysis, reservoir simulation, electromagnetic design and environmental

studies.



"The improved price/performance of the CRAY Y-MP allows AEA Technology and its customers

to gain competitive advantage through the use of supercomputing facilities," said Dr. Brian Day,

Cray Research services manager at AEA Technology.  "That's good news for us, and good news for

the organizations we work with."



"We're pleased to continue working with AEA Technology," said John F. Carlson, chairman and

chief executive officer for Cray Research.  "The trust they've shown in Cray Research by

continuing to work with us reaffirms that we are the leading supplier of high-performance

computing for advanced engineering and scientific research."



Including its entry-level systems, Cray Research has more than 450 systems installed

worldwide. 



Cray Research creates the most powerful, highest-quality computational tools for solving the

world's most challenging scientific and industrial problems.



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