Bayer News Release
Cray/Media:     Steve Conway 612-683-7133
Cray/Financial: Bill Gacki 612-683-7372

BAYER AG IS FIRST EUROPEAN CHEMICAL FIRM TO ORDER
A CRAY RESEARCH SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEM

MUNICH, Nov. 25, 1993 -- Bayer AG has become the first
European chemical firm to order a Cray Research
supercomputer system, Cray Research (NYSE:CYR) announced
today.  A two-processor, air-cooled CRAY C92A system
featuring very large DRAM memory capacity is scheduled to be
installed in first-quarter 1994 in Bayer's Central Research
Facility in Leverkusen, Germany.  Terms were not disclosed.

Bayer plans to use the new system to solve large,
computationally intensive problems in process simulation --
such as planning and laying out production facilities -- and to
optimize plant operations for safety, environmental factors
and cost-effectiveness.

The CRAY C92A system, part of the CRAY C90 product series
announced earlier this year, features high-performance
processors and very large memory capacity.  The system
ordered by Bayer AG, optimally configured to meet this
customer's requirements, will be the first of its kind in the
world, according to Cray Research officials.

Bayer's decision followed extensive benchmark testing, said
Dr. Wolfram Wagner, director of technology resources in the
Central Research Facility.  These test runs showed that by
simulating complex processes, Bayer would be able to reduce
costs and time in process development and gain a clear
competitive advantage, he said.

"The Cray system, in conjunction with high-performance
software, will open a new dimension in process development
for us," he said.  "Process simulation means designing the
production facility on the computer system, optimizing it
dynamically, and speeding up its operations.  
Simulation also ensures the cost-efficient, safe operations of
our production plants even if the product mix needs to change
because of market requirements."

"We are pleased that Bayer decided to order a Cray system,"
said Robert Levy, Cray Research senior vice president,
European Sales and Development.  "We are confident that in the
difficult current environment for the chemical industry, Bayer
will be able to meet its technological goals even more
effectively by applying this critical technology, while also
setting new environmental and safety standards."

Bayer and Cray Research also have agreed to collaborate
extensively on developing and optimizing computer-aided
steady state and dynamic plant simulation.  The focal points of
the collaboration are:

* Analysis and performance optimization of plant simulation
  software.
* Optimization of application software, through the
  introduction and testing of specialized software tools.
* Development and testing of new computer-aided methods for
  simulating complex chemical plants on the fastest massively
  parallel processing (MPP) system, Cray Research's CRAY T3D.
* Porting and optimization of applications software on
  multiprocessor systems, in collaboration with Cray Research
  and established software vendors.
* Testing of parallel computers for the use of this application
  software on real production problems.

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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