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CRAY RESEARCH IS HIGH-END LEADER ON ANNUAL LIST
OF WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL SUPERCOMPUTER SITES

EAGAN, Minn., August 31, 1995 -- Cray Research reported today
that it again emerged as the high-end supercomputer industry
leader on the annual independent listing of the "TOP500
Supercomputer Sites".  

Of the 100 most powerful supercomputer sites on the
worldwide list, 46 were Cray Research systems, compared
with the next-best figure of 11 each for Thinking Machines and
Fujitsu.

In addition, Cray had the largest total number of
supercomputer systems installed at customer sites on the list.
There were 116 Cray supercomputers installed at customer
sites on the "TOP500" list, compared with the next-best
figure of 96 customer-installed systems for Silicon Graphics,
Cray officials said.  The most powerful Silicon Graphics
system on the list ranked number 193 on the list, however.  

The list is compiled and published annually by Jack J. Dongarra,
University of Tennessee, and Hans W. Meuer and Erich
Strohmaier, both of the University of Mannheim, Germany.

According to The Smaby Group industry analyst firm, Cray
Research held a 70 percent share of the global high-end
supercomputer market at the end of 1994.

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

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