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Royal Institute of Technology-Stockholm Orders CRAY J932
System For University-Wide Use

EAGAN, Minn., April 11, 1996 -- The Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm (KTH) has ordered a CRAY J932
supercomputer, marking the first supercomputer installed at
and dedicated to a Swedish university, Cray Research
announced today.  The Cray system was chosen under
competitive bid; terms were not disclosed.

According to a KTH news release, the Swedish academic
community has long relied on national supercomputing
resources for its scientific computing needs.  KTH officials
said that the CRAY J932 procurement decision was based on a
university study called KALLSUP, which investigated the
ongoing and potential usage of supercomputers in 35 KTH
departments.  The study showed that, if resources were
available, most of the 35 departments had projects where
high-performance computer resources could be of great use
and that many of these departments were prepared to
introduce supercomputer simulations into their undergraduate
courses. 

"This shows that high-performance computing is today needed
in all branches of technical and scientific research and
teaching," said KTH Rector, Professor Janne Carlsson.  "The
main idea with this project has been to establish a resource
that is local and easy to use, avoiding some of the complexity
needed for larger installations."

The CRAY J932 systems are air-cooled vector processing
supercomputers that are compatible with the full range of
applications available and optimized on higher-end Cray
supercomputers. 

"We felt that the Cray alternative was the best one, from
practical performance aspects and definitely that Cray offered
the most comprehensive software environment," said Per
Hammarlund, technical advisor of the project. 

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

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