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CRAY RESEARCH RECEIVES MULTIPLE SUPERCOMPUTER
SYSTEM ORDER FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY

One of Ford's European Facilities Installs Most Powerful
Computer In European Auto Industry

EAGAN, Minn., Feb. 29, 1995 -- Cray Research, Inc. (NYSE:CYR)
announced today that it received orders for multiple Cray(R)
supercomputers from Ford Motor Company.  The orders came in
third and fourth quarter 1995 and included two CRAY T90
series systems and a CRAY C916 supercomputer.  In fourth
quarter a CRAY  T94 system was installed at Ford's
Engineering Computer Center facility in Dearborn, Mich., and a
CRAY C916 system at Ford's facility in Cologne, Germany,
where it is has become the most powerful computer installed
in the European auto industry.  The third system, a top-of-
the-line CRAY T932 supercomputer, will install later this year
also in Dearborn.
 
Terms were not disclosed, but Cray said CRAY T90 systems
range in price from $2 million to more than $35 million and
the CRAY C916 is priced from $7 million (all prices U.S. list). 
The CRAY T932 supercomputer has a maximum configuration
of 32 processors and a peak speed of nearly 60 billion
calculations per second.

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

Cray has received multiple orders for the CRAY T932 system,
many from industrial customers.
 
Cray Research provides the leading high-performance
computing tools and  services to help solve customers' most
challenging problems.
 
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