Media:       Mardi Larson, 612/683-3538
Financial:   Brad Allen, 612/683-7395

CRAY RESEARCH RECEIVES MULTI-SYSTEM ORDER FROM 
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS

EAGAN, Minn., July 20, 1995 -- Cray Research, Inc. (NYSE:CYR)
announced today that it received an order for multiple Cray
supercomputers from Electronic Data Systems (EDS), a
subsidiary of General Motors (NYSE:GM).  The second-quarter
order includes two of Cray's newest and most powerful
supercomputing systems, both due to install in 1996 at EDS'
Auburn Hills, Mich., Information Processing Center near
Detroit.  Terms were not disclosed. 

The supercomputers will be used to support General Motor's
simulation needs for engineering and new product development
as well as manufacturing for improved quality, safety, fuel
efficiency and time-to-market for new vehicles. 

The contract included a CRAY T932 supercomputer, the largest
model in the high-end CRAY T90 series announced in March. 
This system has a peak speed of more than 60 billion
calculations per second.  EDS also ordered a next-generation
air-cooled Cray Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) system.    

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

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