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SILICON GRAPHICS COMPLETES TENDER OFFER FOR CRAY
RESEARCH

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (April 2, 1996) -- Silicon Graphics, Inc.
(NYSE:SGI) announced today that it has successfully completed its tender
offer to purchase 19,218,735 shares of Cray Research, Inc.
(NYSE:CYR) common stock for $30.00 per share, representing
approximately 75% of the Cray Research shares outstanding at
February 29, 1996.  The tender offer, made through Silicon
Graphics' direct subsidiary, C Acquisition Corporation, expired
at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on Tuesday, April 2, 1996.

Based on a preliminary count, 24,974,590 shares of Cray
Research common stock (approximately 97% of the outstanding
Cray Research shares) were tendered, including 2,528,161
shares tendered under guaranteed delivery arrangements.  
Silicon Graphics has accepted for purchase 19,218,735 shares
on a pro rata basis, yielding a preliminary proration factor of
76.95%.  The final proration factor will be determined after
the precise number of shares validly tendered is calculated,
and is not expected to be announced before April 10, 1996. 
Payment for shares accepted for purchase pursuant to the offer
will be made when the final proration factor is determined.

Silicon Graphics expects to merge C Acquisition Corporation
with Cray Research during the June quarter.  Each share of Cray
Research common stock outstanding at the effective date of
the merger will be canceled and converted automatically into
the right to receive one share of Silicon Graphics common
stock.  Following the merger, Cray Research will be a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Silicon Graphics.

Silicon Graphics, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of high-
performance and commercial computing systems.  The company delivers
interactive three dimensional graphics, digital media and symmetric
multiprocessing supercomputing technologies to technical and commercial
environments through direct and indirect sales channels.  Its
subsidiary, MIPS Technologies, Inc. designs and licenses the
industry's leading RISC processor technology for the computer
systems, interactive consumer and embedded control markets. 
Silicon Graphics, Inc. has offices worldwide and headquarters
in Mountain View, California.

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