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NVIDIA and Cray to Deliver Tesla-Enabled Cray CX1 Deskside Supercomputer

AUSTIN, TX and SEATTLE, WA, Nov 19, 2008 — SC08 — NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced the availability of NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPU Computing processors in the new Cray CX1 line of supercomputers. With "ease-of-everything" features and the ability to fit into a standard office setting, the Cray CX1 product reflects NVIDIA and Cray's goal to drive high productivity computing solutions into a broad array of markets including financial services, oil and gas, life sciences, government and academic.

James River Technical, Inc. and Cray Inc. Announce Reseller Relationship for New Cray CX1 Supercomputer

RICHMOND, VA and SEATTLE, WA, Nov 18, 2008 — James River Technical, Inc. (JRTI) and Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced a reseller agreement for JRTI to market and sell the new Cray CX1 supercomputer. With prices from about $25,000 to $80,000, the Cray CX1 product is the most affordable Cray supercomputer ever. The quiet, deskside system uses standard wall power and delivers unprecedented computing capabilities in office environments.

Cray CX1 Taps Clustercorp's Rocks+ for Linux

SEATTLE, WA and SAN JOSE, CA, Nov 18, 2008 — Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) and Clustercorp today announced the immediate availability of the Cray CX1 deskside supercomputer preloaded with Rocks+ 5, the commercial version of the Rocks Cluster Distribution for Linux users. The joint solution is fully certified as Intel(R) Cluster Ready and ships with Intel Cluster Checker preloaded and pre-tuned.

Cray Named One of Top Vendors to Watch in 2009 by HPCwire Readers and Editors

SEATTLE, WA, November 17, 2008 — Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq GM: CRAY) today announced that it has been named one of the “Top Five Vendors to Watch in 2009” by both the readers and the editors of HPCwire as part of the publication’s 2008 Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards.

Cray Supercomputer at Oak Ridge Smashes Sustained Petaflops Record

"Jaguar" Sets Historical Milestone Surpassing the Sustained Petaflops Speed Barrier on Two Scientific Applications

SEATTLE, WA, Nov 17, 2008 — Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced the Cray XT supercomputer at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) set a new world record for computer speed with sustained performance of over a petaflops (quadrillion mathematical calculations per second) on two scientific applications. Sustained performance on real-world applications is the most critical measure of supercomputing performance. This allows scientists and engineers to dramatically increase the size, realism and complexity of simulations used to address fundamental scientific problems.