Cray to deliver ‘Cascade’ supercomputer to DOE researchers in $40M deal

cray-logo

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray announced today that it has won a $40 million contract to deliver its next-generation supercomputer, code-named “Cascade” along with its Sonexion storage system, to the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center. The supercomputer will be used for detailed analysis in the fields of climate modeling, biology, environmental sciences, fusion energy,… Read More…

Cray to sell hardware assets, shift employees to Intel

cray

Supercomputer giant Cray has announced it’s selling a hardware program and related intellectual property to Intel — and in the process, up to 74 Cray employees will join Intel and Cray will receive $140 million. Cray says that a definitive agreement has been reached to sell its interconnect hardware development program, technology which directs supercomputer… Read More…

Tech Moves: Cray taps Microsoft GM as CTO; Weber names creative director; etc.

William Blake

William Blake, the former general manager of parallel computing platforms at Microsoft Corp., has been named senior vice president and chief technology officer at supercomputer giant Cray Inc. Blake has more than three decades of high performance computing experiencing. He’s served on Cray’s board since June 2006, but will step down from that role this summer…. Read More…

Supercomputer maker Cray expands in China

cray

Cray announced today that it has established a new subsidiary in China in order to sell the company’s large supercomputing and storage systems, as well as provide training to customers in the Asian market. The new subsidiary, dubbed Cray Computing Equipment, will be based in Beijing’s Haidan district. With the new unit, the company said… Read More…

Supercomputer maker Cray forms YarcData, a new unit to capitalize on ‘big data’

cray-logo

One of the tech buzzwords du jour right now is “Big Data,” the idea of companies mining ever-increasing data sets to glean insightful information. That’s an arena where supercomputers can have an especially powerful role, in part because the machines are built to crunch complex numbers used in everything from the exploration of oil &… Read More…

Shares of Cray tank after supply issues push maker of supercomputers to a loss

cray

The up and down story of Cray continues with the company saying today that revenues will fall below original expectations. It also plans to post an operating loss for 2011. The Seattle-based maker of supercomputers said that supply issues related to “a key component” was unavailable for the XK6 system that it planned to deliver… Read More…

Nasdaq closes with a loss for 2011: A look back at the top and bottom performers

darts-featured

It was a tough year for most of the publicly-traded tech companies in Washington state, with just a handful posting positive overall stock performance. Even tech titans like Amazon.com, Microsoft and F5 Networks shed value in 2011, marking an overall negative year on the Nasdaq. In fact, the tech-heavy Nasdaq  dropped 1.8 percent during 2011,… Read More…

Guest Post: Is Seattle the center of supercomputing?

SC11Logo

Supercomputers were once the exclusive province of government spy agencies, research labs and academics. The top computer makers were the only vendors. Things have changed since Seymour Cray introduced the first machine at Control Data in 1965. One of the biggest changes is how many of the vendors are now in the Seattle area. With… Read More…

Cray hooks huge $188 million supercomputer contract with University of Illinois

bluewaters1

Leaders in the field of supercomputing are arriving in Seattle this week for SC11, one of the biggest confabs for those interested in high performance computing. And as more than 10,000 attendees arrive for the conference — which begins today and runs through Friday at the Washington State Trade & Convention Center — Seattle’s hometown… Read More…

Cray cites supplier challenges, but expects profits in 2011

cray

Citing key supplier parts challenges, supercomputer maker Cray Inc. said that revenues fells during the third quarter to $36.7 million. The Seattle company trimmed its net loss to $12.2 million, or 35 cents per share. Revenue for the first nine months of the year was $144 million, up from $100 million for the same period… Read More…