Cray Signs $85 Million Contract to Deliver Supercomputer for Europe’s Largest HPC Initiative

Cray Signs $85 Million Contract to Deliver Supercomputer for Europe’s Largest HPC Initiative

Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced that Cray UK Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cray, has signed contracts with UoE HPCX Ltd. and the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to provide a massively parallel processing (MPP) hybrid supercomputer that will become one of the most powerful computing systems in the world. The multi-year contract, valued at approximately $85 million, includes hardware, maintenance and associated professional services.

The Cray system is the centerpiece in EPSRC’s High End Computing Terascale Resources (HECToR) project, one of the largest and most ambitious high performance computing (HPC) initiatives in Europe. The new supercomputer will be installed at the University of Edinburgh’s Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC) in Edinburgh, Scotland, in stages over the next two years. It will serve a broad community of academic users across the UK.

“EPSRC, working with other UK Research Councils, strives to make the UK the most dynamic and stimulating environment in the world for research and innovation — and that means providing our researchers with the most advanced computational tools available,” said Dr. Randal Richards, EPSRC Interim Chief Executive. “The world-class HECToR project will give UK scientists the means to conduct breakthrough research in a broad range of disciplines. Our partnership with Cray will help researchers stay at the forefront of their fields as they continue to address the pressing needs of society and industry.”

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