Cray/Media:  Mardi Larson, 612/683-3538

CRAY RESEARCH AND WIZARD TEAM TO PROVIDE EASY
MIGRATION FROM CONVEX TO CRAY SYSTEMS

EAGAN, Minn., Feb. 29, 1996 -- Cray Research, Inc. and Wizard
Information Systems, Inc. today announced a technology and
marketing agreement to provide Convex systems users with an
easy, cost-effective migration path to Cray (R) systems.  The
companies said that co-marketing efforts will begin
immediately and that the complete migration solution will be
available in third quarter of this year. 

The agreement, aimed at allowing Convex users to move their
high-performance computing capability forward, calls for
Wizard to develop unique software tools that automatically
convert Convex users' programs and data for use on Cray
systems.

Cray said the Convex user community has demanding, growing
requirements that are well suited for Cray systems, which are
priced beginning well below $1 million. 

"Cray believes its products are the most logical upgrade path
for Convex users who are looking for continuity from a vendor
committed to high-performance technical computing
solutions," said Karl Freund, vice president of corporate
marketing at Cray.  "These products and services represent an
investment by Cray in the Convex community, offering an
attractive path forward with maximum investment protection,
minimum retraining, and high-performance, affordable
computing technology combined with full service and support."

Under the agreement, Wizard will develop unique software
tools including an applications source compiler and a
metadata converter.  The applications software source
compiler will automatically translate applications in the
Convex FORTRAN dialect, including library references,
directives and operating system dependencies, into the Cray
F90 dialect, taking into account also the system architectural
differences between the Cray and Convex systems.  The
applications will then be compiled by Cray's high-performance
compilers to ensure optimum applications performance.  

Adrian Wise, CEO of Wizard said, "This unique product is
designed to minimize the costs and risks for Convex users
considering migration of their applications to Cray systems. 
Our unique technology has been demonstrated to be highly
effective and provide excellent applications performance
automatically."

The metadata conversion product will automatically convert
either Convex UniTree or Convex CSM file management control
information into Cray Data Migration Facility (DMF) file
management control information.  Cray Research will
simultaneously develop enhancements to DMF to allow direct
reading of Convex UniTree and CSM data files so that these
will not require translation.  

"Experience with several file-server upgrade projects
suggests this approach offers the best way forward for users
with large and critical sets of data to protect.  The advantage
of DMF is its unique scalability features, performance and
total support as evidenced by a large and satisfied user
community," said Wise.

Cray said nearly 25 percent of its customer base uses Cray's
DMF software for hierarchical storage management.  Many of
these customers are managing multiple terabytes of data. 

Cray Research provides the leading high-performance
computing tools and services to help solve the customer's
most challenging problems.

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