GatorMail-Q                   ATM Support Announcement
Media:  Mardi Larson, 612/683-3538

CRAY RESEARCH EMBRACES ATM TECHNOLOGY

PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 16, 1993 -- Cray Research, Inc. announced
today that it is developing Asynchronous Transmission Mode
(ATM) support for its supercomputing systems and will
conduct several field trials of the new technology with
selected customers during the first half of 1994.  

ATM is the newest transmission technology and allows voice,
data and video transmission across a single physical
connection, according to Wayne Roiger, head of the networking
group at Cray Research.  

"In addition to supporting multi-media communications, ATM
technology has many other benefits," he said.  "ATM will allow
faster switching than available with today's high-end
transmission technology and the speed is scalable to upwards
of one gigabyte per second.  There have also been strong
indications that the telecommunications and computer
industries are both pointed in the direction of supporting this
standard, which could result in wider use of the technology and
drive costs down for our supercomputer users."

"Soon we expect to be able to access supercomputer systems
at supercomputer-caliber speeds from anywhere," Roiger said.

Currently, Cray Research is developing ATM support for field
trials with customers.  The company is writing software to
support the industry-leading Fore Systems ATM interfaces and
the Q-93B signalling software, a CCITT standard for the
signalling protocol.  

"We are very excited about ATM and anticipate significant
benefits for our customers.  We are committed to the
technology and to supporting it," Roiger said.  "We plan to
announce products pending the outcome of the field trials."

Cray Research creates the most powerful, highest-quality
computational tools for solving the world's most challenging
scientific and industrial problems. 

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