Cray Launches Integrated Workstation/Cluster Sold Exclusively Through Dell Featuring Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows

SEATTLE, WA, Nov 12 (MARKET WIRE) --
Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced the
reinvention of the workstation for the next era of technical computing
with the launch of the Cray CX1-iWS(TM) system, which combines a powerful
Microsoft Windows 7 workstation with a fully integrated high-performance
computing (HPC) cluster running Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008. With a
list price beginning at under $40,000 and sold exclusively through Dell,
the Cray CX1-iWS product meets a market need for a new generation of
workstation.

The Cray CX1-iWS system -- the "iWS" stands for "integrated workstation"
-- combines the interactivity of a workstation with the scale-out
performance of a cluster conveniently packaged in a deskside form factor.
Users can enjoy a highly responsive and interactive workstation
environment (with eight cores of Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors) while
initiating distributed jobs leveraging the integrated cluster resource
with an additional 24 cores of Intel Xeon processing power. In total, 32
cores are available to the user or workgroup. The Cray CX1-iWS product
aims to substantially boost productivity for engineers, scientists and
researchers continually challenged with complex problems and little time
to solve them.

"The Cray CX1-iWS puts the 'work' back in workstation by delivering a
powerhouse of functionality to the workstation user or workgroup. The
integration of workstation and cluster in one unit, with shared storage
between them, means that users can easily move their jobs from the
workstation to the cluster side of the box without moving their data or
leaving the familiar Microsoft operating system environment," said Ian
Miller, senior vice president of the productivity solutions group and
marketing at Cray. "With this new product, Cray expects to provide HPC
capability to a wide new audience that includes R&D groups in small and
medium-size businesses, organizations needing to solve problems beyond the
limits of traditional workstations, and people wanting to implement
distributed HPC in the enterprise."

"Combining Windows 7 and Windows HPC Server 2008 in a single, integrated
workstation experience will deliver HPC capabilities to a new customer
base that sees value in the ease-of-use of the Windows 7 operating system
paired with the compute capability of a powerful cluster resource," said
Vince Mendillo, senior director of high performance computing at
Microsoft. "The Cray CX1-iWS system is one of the most powerful Windows
workstations ever, and a must-have for those looking to realize the
benefits of HPC."

"This solution will help bring HPC to an even wider community of
scientists and researchers outside the walls of marquee labs and
universities," said Frank Muehleman, vice president and manager of Dell's
North American public-sector business. "Working with partners like
Microsoft and Cray, we continue to enable customers to tackle some of
society's biggest challenges using industry-standard technologies."

Each Cray CX1-iWS system comes with one dual-socket visualization
workstation, a three node compute cluster, storage and a 16-port Gigabit
Ethernet switch. The workstation node features an NVIDIA(R) Quadro(R)
graphics card that can support two high-definition monitors for
visualization. It will ship exclusively with Windows 7 and Windows HPC
Server 2008.

Three standard Cray CX1-iWS system configurations are available, all based
on the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 series. The midrange and advanced
configurations add more cluster nodes, memory and storage. The advanced
configuration includes eight 2.93 GHz Intel Xeon Series 5500 processors
with 24GB of memory (6x 4GB DIMMS) per node, 160GB of disk per node, 4TB
of storage, the 16-port Gigabit Ethernet switch and an NVIDIA Quadro FX
5800 graphics card.

The CRAY CX1-iWS system is the newest entry in the Cray CX(TM) product
series and joins the Cray CX1-LC(TM) product, which was launched in July
2009. Introduced in September 2008, the successful Cray CX1(TM) deskside
supercomputer is designed from the ground up to provide superior
performance, functionality and cost for individuals and departmental
workgroups who want to harness an HPC cluster. Equipped with
state-of-the-art visualization and storage capabilities, the Cray CX1
supercomputer delivers performance leadership across a broad range of
applications, all in a compact, deskside system.

About Cray Inc.

As a global leader in supercomputing, Cray provides highly advanced
supercomputers and world-class services and support to government,
industry and academia. Cray technology is designed to enable scientists
and engineers to achieve remarkable breakthroughs by accelerating
performance, improving efficiency and extending the capabilities of their
most demanding applications. Cray's Adaptive Supercomputing vision is
focused on delivering innovative next-generation products that integrate
diverse processing technologies into a unified architecture, allowing
customers to surpass today's limitations and meeting the market's
continued demand for realized performance. Go to www.cray.com for more
information.

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