[Info-vax] HPE buys Cray

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Scott Dorsey
> via Info-vax
> Sent: May 18, 2019 10:04 AM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] HPE buys Cray
> 
> Kerry Main  <kemain.nospam at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >Getting Cray for only $1.3B looks like fire sale, so perhaps Cray was
> >hurting financially?
> 
> What is left of Cray?  Most of the hardware folks are gone.  The compilers
> stuff all got bought by SGI.
> 
> >Also, remember that HPE bought SGI a year or two ago, so HPE appears to
> >= be adopting a renewed focus on the super computer and high end data =
> >analysis and AI market.
> 
> Well, HPE bought the company that had bought SGI (after SGI had bought
> the best part of Cray).
> --scott
> 

Well, Cray must still have some smarts and/or value add left.

>From the earlier thread on May 17/19 announcing HPE takeover of Cray:

"Cray is one of the leading players in supercomputing, with its systems
powering three of the world's top 10 supercomputers. The company just
recently announced an Exascale supercomputer contract for more than $600
million for the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Cray's architecture and interconnect technology are also part of a $500
million, 1 exaFlop supercomputer called Aurora set to arrive in 2021 at
Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago."


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com