{"id":46631,"date":"2019-05-17T15:05:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T13:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=46631"},"modified":"2019-05-17T15:05:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T13:05:52","slug":"hpe-to-acquire-supercomputing-leader-cray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/46631-hpe-to-acquire-supercomputing-leader-cray\/","title":{"rendered":"HPE<\/span> TO<\/span> ACQUIRE<\/span> SUPERCOMPUTING<\/span> LEADER<\/span> CRAY<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Combined Company Will Drive Next Generation of High Performance Computing<\/h3>\n

San Jose, Calif., and Seat\u00adtle, Wash., May 17, 2019<\/strong> \u2014 Hew\u00adlett Packard Enter\u00adpri\u00adse (NYSE<\/span>:HPE<\/span>) and Cray Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAY<\/span>), a glo\u00adbal super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter lea\u00adder, today announ\u00adced that the com\u00adpa\u00adnies have ente\u00adred into a defi\u00adni\u00adti\u00adve agree\u00adment under which HPE<\/span> will acqui\u00adre Cray for $35.00 per share in cash, in a tran\u00adsac\u00adtion valued at appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $1.3 bil\u00adli\u00adon, net of cash.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Ans\u00adwers to some of society\u2019s most pres\u00adsing chal\u00adlenges are buried in mas\u00adsi\u00adve amounts of data,\u201d said Anto\u00adnio Neri, Pre\u00adsi\u00addent and CEO<\/span>, HPE<\/span>. \u201cOnly by pro\u00adces\u00adsing and ana\u00adly\u00adzing this data will we be able to unlock the ans\u00adwers to cri\u00adti\u00adcal chal\u00adlenges across medi\u00adci\u00adne, cli\u00adma\u00adte chan\u00adge, space and more. Cray is a glo\u00adbal tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy lea\u00adder in super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting and shares our deep com\u00admit\u00adment to inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon. By com\u00adbi\u00adning our world-class teams and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, we will have the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to dri\u00adve the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting and play an important part in advan\u00adcing the way peo\u00adp\u00adle live and work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Explosion of Data is Driving Strong HPC<\/span> Growth<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The explo\u00adsi\u00adon of data from arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence, machi\u00adne lear\u00adning, and big data ana\u00adly\u00adtics and evol\u00adving cus\u00adto\u00admer needs for data-inten\u00adsi\u00adve workloads are dri\u00adving a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant expan\u00adsi\u00adon in HPC<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Over the next three years the HPC<\/span> seg\u00adment of the mar\u00adket and asso\u00adcia\u00adted sto\u00adrage and ser\u00advices is expec\u00adted to grow from appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $28 bil\u00adli\u00adon in 2018 to appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $35 bil\u00adli\u00adon in 2021, a com\u00adpound annu\u00adal growth rate of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly 9 per\u00adcent. Exas\u00adca\u00adle is a gro\u00adwing seg\u00adment of over\u00adall HPC<\/span> oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties and more than $4 bil\u00adli\u00adon of Exas\u00adca\u00adle oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties are expec\u00adted to be award\u00aded over the next five years.<\/p>\n

Addres\u00adsing com\u00adplex chal\u00adlenges and advan\u00adcing cri\u00adti\u00adcal aca\u00adde\u00admic rese\u00adarch, inclu\u00adding pre\u00addic\u00adting future wea\u00adther pat\u00adterns, deli\u00adve\u00adring breakth\u00adrough medi\u00adcal dis\u00adco\u00adveries, and pre\u00adven\u00adting cyber-attacks, requi\u00adres signi\u00adfi\u00adcant com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, up to and through Exas\u00adca\u00adle level archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre. Exas\u00adca\u00adle capa\u00adble sys\u00adtems enable solu\u00adti\u00adons to the\u00adse pro\u00adblems with much grea\u00adter pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon and insight.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>This is an ama\u00adzing oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to bring tog\u00ade\u00adther Cray\u2019s lea\u00adding-edge tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy and HPE<\/span>\u2019s wide reach and deep pro\u00adduct port\u00adfo\u00adlio, pro\u00advi\u00adding cus\u00adto\u00admers of all sizes with inte\u00adgra\u00adted solu\u00adti\u00adons and uni\u00adque super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy to address the full spec\u00adtrum of their data-inten\u00adsi\u00adve needs,\u201d said Peter Unga\u00adro, Pre\u00adsi\u00addent and CEO<\/span> of Cray. \u201cHPE<\/span> and Cray share a com\u00admit\u00adment to cus\u00adto\u00admer-cen\u00adtric inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon and a visi\u00adon to crea\u00adte the glo\u00adbal lea\u00adder for the future of high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting and AI<\/span>. On behalf of the Cray Board of Direc\u00adtors, we are plea\u00adsed to have rea\u00adched an agree\u00adment that we belie\u00adve maxi\u00admi\u00adzes value and are exci\u00adted for the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties that this uni\u00adque com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon will crea\u00adte for both our employees and our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cray is a Leading Innovator in Supercomputer Solutions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Cray is the pre\u00admier pro\u00advi\u00adder of high-end super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting solu\u00adti\u00adons that address cus\u00adto\u00admers\u2019 most chal\u00adlen\u00adging, data-inten\u00adsi\u00adve workloads for making cri\u00adti\u00adcal decis\u00adi\u00adons. Cray has a lea\u00adder\u00adship posi\u00adti\u00adon in the top 100 super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter instal\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons around the glo\u00adbe. With a histo\u00adry tying back to Cray Rese\u00adarch, which was foun\u00added in 1972, Cray is head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Seat\u00adtle, Washing\u00adton, with US-based manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring, and appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly 1,300 employees world\u00adwi\u00adde. The com\u00adpa\u00adny deli\u00adver\u00aded reve\u00adnue of $456 mil\u00adli\u00adon in its most recent fis\u00adcal year, up 16 per\u00adcent year over year.<\/p>\n

Cray\u2019s super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtems, deli\u00adver\u00aded through their cur\u00adrent gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon XC<\/span> and CS<\/span> plat\u00adforms, and next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon Shas\u00adta series plat\u00adform, have the abili\u00adty to hand\u00adle mas\u00adsi\u00adve data sets, con\u00adver\u00adged mode\u00adling, simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon, AI<\/span>, and ana\u00adly\u00adtics workloads. In addi\u00adti\u00adon to super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters, they offer high-per\u00adfor\u00admance sto\u00adrage, low-laten\u00adcy high per\u00adfor\u00admance HPC<\/span> inter\u00adcon\u00adnects, a full HPC<\/span> sys\u00adtem soft\u00adware stack and pro\u00adgramming envi\u00adron\u00adment, data ana\u00adly\u00adtics, and AI<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons \u2013 all curr\u00adent\u00adly deli\u00adver\u00aded through inte\u00adgra\u00adted systems.<\/p>\n

Cray recent\u00adly announ\u00adced an Exas\u00adca\u00adle super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter con\u00adtract for over $600 mil\u00adli\u00adon for the U.S. Depart\u00adment of Energy\u2019s Oak Ridge Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry. The sys\u00adtem, which is tar\u00adge\u00adted to be the world\u2019s fas\u00adtest sys\u00adtem, will enable ground\u00adbrea\u00adking rese\u00adarch and AI<\/span> at unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted sca\u00adle, using Cray\u2019s new Shas\u00adta sys\u00adtem archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre and Slingshot inter\u00adcon\u00adnect. The com\u00adpa\u00adny was also part of an award with Intel for the first U.S. Exas\u00adca\u00adle con\u00adtract from the U.S. Depart\u00adment of Energy\u2019s Argon\u00adne Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry, with Cray\u2019s por\u00adti\u00adon of the con\u00adtract valued at over $100 million.<\/p>\n

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Cray Strengthens and Expands HPE<\/span>\u2019s High Performance Computing Portfolio<\/strong><\/h3>\n

High per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting is a key com\u00adpo\u00adnent of HPE<\/span>\u2019s visi\u00adon and growth stra\u00adtegy and the com\u00adpa\u00adny curr\u00adent\u00adly offers world-class HPC<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons, inclu\u00adding HPE<\/span> Apol\u00adlo and SGI<\/span>, to cus\u00adto\u00admers world\u00adwi\u00adde. This port\u00adfo\u00adlio will be fur\u00adther streng\u00adthe\u00adned by lever\u00adaging Cray\u2019s foun\u00adda\u00adtio\u00adnal tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and adding com\u00adple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry solu\u00adti\u00adons. The com\u00adbi\u00adned com\u00adpa\u00adny will also reach a broa\u00adder set of end mar\u00adkets, offe\u00adring enter\u00adpri\u00adse, aca\u00adde\u00admic and govern\u00adment cus\u00adto\u00admers a broad ran\u00adge of solu\u00adti\u00adons and deep exper\u00adti\u00adse to sol\u00adve their most com\u00adplex pro\u00adblems. Tog\u00ade\u00adther, HPE<\/span> and Cray will have enhan\u00adced oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for growth and the inte\u00adgra\u00adted plat\u00adform, sca\u00adle and resour\u00adces to lead the Exas\u00adca\u00adle era of high per\u00adfor\u00admance computing.<\/p>\n

The com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of HPE<\/span> and Cray is expec\u00adted to deli\u00adver signi\u00adfi\u00adcant cus\u00adto\u00admer bene\u00adfits including:<\/p>\n