From: cmg@ferrari.Colorado.EDU (Charles Grassl) Subject: Re: 33Mhz Cray Reply-To: cmg@magnet.cray.com >Date: 30 Oct 91 11:30:27 CST In article <309@idtg.UUCP>, dow@idtg.UUCP (Keith Dow) writes: > > > Could somebody supply details about the recently announced > 33Mhz Cray computers? Below is the CRAY Y-MP EL announcement. (October 22, 1991) CRAY RESEARCH ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF CRAY Y-MP EL COMPUTER SYSTEM Customer Interest Strong, With 18 Orders EAGAN, Minn., Oct. 22, 1991 -- Today, Cray Research, Inc. extends its leadership in the high-performance computing industry by unveiling its CRAY Y-MP EL system, an air-cooled, entry-level system that is based completely on CRAY Y-MP architecture and is fully compatible with the company's entire product line. Deliveries of the system begin this quarter. "This new entry-level system is the price/performance leader in its class and will bring the CRAY Y-MP computing environment within easy reach of hundreds of new customers and prospects," said John Rollwagen, Cray Research chairman and chief executive officer. "The CRAY Y-MP EL system is the most affordable high-performance computing option available today and is particularly well-suited for the first-time supercomputer buyer, or the existing customer requiring a departmental system to complement its current Cray Research system." The CRAY Y-MP EL system is available with one to four central processing units (CPUs) and up to one gigabyte of central memory, at prices ranging from under $300,000 to about $1 million. This system succeeds the CRAY XMS system, which was based on technology acquired through the company's June 1990 purchase of Santa Clara, Calif.-based Supertek Computers, Inc. "This is a CRAY Y-MP system in every sense of the word," said Rollwagen. "The CRAY Y-MP EL system was designed and engineered at Cray Research and is based completely on CRAY Y- MP architecture. In developing the new system, we relied heavily on simulation, using almost 20,000 CRAY Y-MP CPU hours. This enabled us to bring this product to market faster, and is an excellent example of the competitive edge that our computer systems bring to customers." Rollwagen added that the new system runs all CRAY Y-MP system and applications software, including approximately 600 of the most widely used applications programs. Because the new machine is a CRAY Y-MP system, entry level customers can upgrade easily to more powerful Cray Research supercomputers, and/or run their software codes on larger Cray Research systems. Customer Interest The company is marketing the new system to existing and new customers for use as a stand-alone departmental system, as a component on a customer's heterogeneous computer network, or as a high-speed file server when operating Cray Research's UNICOS Storage System software. Dennis McFadden, general manager of the company's entry level systems (ELS) division, indicated that customer and prospect interest in the new product has exceeded expectations. Cray Research has received 18 orders for the CRAY Y-MP EL system from worldwide customers including Altair Engineering, an automotive engineering consulting company in Mich.; British Aerospace, an aerospace and automotive company in the UK; Ecole Centrale des Paris (Laboratoire de Mecanique des Structures et des Sols), a French engineering school; Lotus Engineering, an automotive consultant in the UK that is part of the Lotus Group, the manufacturer of high-performance sports cars; and Nikon, a Japanese camera and optics company. In addition, a comparable number of prospects have formally indicated their intent to acquire the new system. "This high level of interest, particularly from many first-time customers, is making our entry level system strategy come to life," said Rollwagen. "We set out to broaden our user base and grow our business with the CRAY Y-MP EL system. We see very solid sales volume for the product in 1992. We also see these current CRAY Y-MP EL system users growing into our more powerful systems, contributing significantly to our future growth." "This product allowed us, a relatively small company with a large need for scientific computing power, to acquire our own Cray Research supercomputer," said Dale Dunlap, director of computing at Altair Engineering, which installed an interim CRAY XMS system and is awaiting delivery of its CRAY Y-MP EL system. "We are excited about being a valued Cray Research customer, and look forward to utilizing the additional power and capabilities of the CRAY-YMP EL system." System Features The new system can be installed in any air-conditioned office, operates on standard 200- to 240-volt, 50- to 60-hertz power, and can be easily upgraded in just a few hours at customer sites, all features which significantly reduce the cost of installing, operating, and maintaining a Cray Research system. Additional features of the CRAY Y-MP EL system are: o Balanced CRAY Y-MP architecture o Highly reliable CMOS chip technology o 30-nanosecond clock speed; four results per clock period o Peak performance of 133 megaflops (million floating operation points per second) per CPU when delivering four results per clock period o 256 to 1024 megabytes of memory o Over four gigabytes/second of total memory bandwidth (over one gigabyte/second per CPU). o Operates Cray Research's powerful UNICOS (UNIX-based) operating system; Cray Research's CF77 Fortran, Standard C, Ada and Pascal compiling systems; and more than 600 third-party applications software codes for nearly all scientific and engineering disciplines. o Provides multi-CPU parallel processing, with automatic vectorized and Autotasking(TM) capabilities. o Up to four integral input/output (I/O) subsystems connected to each CPU, with data transfer via standard TCP/IP, HYPERchannel, Ethernet, or FDDI network interfaces. A HIPPI interface will be available by mid- 1992. o Area: 11.0 square feet. o Power requirement, less than 6 kilowats. Cray Research, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and supports high-performance computer systems for scientific and engineering applications. MEDIA: Kate Neessen-Haugh (612) 683-7132 FINANCIAL: Laura Merriam (612) 683-7395 ###