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CRAY RESEARCH ANNOUNCES ONE MILLION SHARE
REPURCHASE AUTHORIZATION

EAGAN, Minn., May 16, 1995 -- Cray Research, Inc. (NYSE: CYR)
today announced that the Board of Directors, at its regularly
scheduled meeting, has authorized repurchase of up to one
million additional shares of the company's common stock or
convertible debentures (determined on an as-if-converted
basis).

The Company had previously indicated it had completed its
outstanding repurchase authorization of 1.5 million shares.

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

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