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MOTOROLA ORDERS CRAY RESEARCH SUPERCOMPUTER

EAGAN, Minn., Jan. 23, 1995 -- Cray Research, Inc., (NYSE:CYR)
today announced that Motorola's Automotive and Industrial
Electronics Group, Northbrook, Illinois, has ordered a CRAY
J916 compact supercomputer.  This is the first Cray Research
supercomputer acquired by Motorola.  Terms were not
disclosed.

The Automotive and Industrial Electronics Group will use the
Cray Research supercomputer for design and analysis of new
microprocessor-based controllers used in new automobiles and
other vehicles.  Simulations produced on the Cray Research
supercomputer will help Motorola engineers to analyze the
performance of their controllers within a car's engine
compartment, taking into account factors such as heat and
vibration encountered during operation.

The CRAY J916, which is designed as a simulation server for
workstations, will be linked to Hewlett-Packard workstations
already in place at Motorola.  The CRAY J916 will enable
Motorola engineers to simulate larger, more complex models to
support 3D non-linear analysis and design optimization.

"Motorola has been an important Cray technology partner for 20
years, providing production-quantity chips for our systems,"
said Robert H. Ewald, Cray's president and chief operating
officer.  "We are pleased to provide computing technology that
will support the engineering initiatives of its automotive and
industrial electronics group.  We hope to see our relationship
continue to strengthen in the future."

The CRAY J916 is a low-cost, compact supercomputer designed
to operate as a powerful simulation server for compute-
intensive problems that challenge the capabilities of
workstations.  Cray Research will begin volume shipments of
this system in early 1995.  Six worldwide automotive
suppliers have already placed advance orders for the system.

Cray Research provides the leading supercomputing tools and
services to help solve customers' most challenging problems.

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