CRAY - Supercomputer - eine Efolgsstory?http://investors.cray.com/phoenix.zhtml ... rol-irhomeVor einiger Zeit, Ende April, vielen mir bei der Durchsicht der US-Titel die Cray auf. Der Name machte mich neugierig. Also nicht Cry sondern Cray. Siehe da, Cray hatte gerade einen beachtlichen Kurssprung hingelegt, brachte beachtliche Quartals-Zahlen und prognostitierte eine verheissungsvolle Zukunft. Ich begann sie zu beobachten, sah im Langzeitchart, dass die vor einigen Jahren um die $40/50.- standen. Cray scheint momentan tatsächlich auf dem Erfolgspfad zu sein. Auftrag über Auftrag. Na, da langt man halt mal hin. :spitze: So, zu meinem Erstaunen stand es sogar in der FuW von diesem Wochenende, hat wohl noch jemand zugeschaut: :lol: http://epaper.fuw.ch/front/detail/70021_11Dann schauen wir mal, wohin die Cray noch klettern...
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Habe noch nie gehört von CRAY, aber dieses Jahr schon fast 100% kann sich sehen lassen, ich habe die Aktie mal in meine Watchliste gestellt, kaufen würde ich sie erst nach genauen Recherchen, die Internet Seite präsentiert sich aber sehr gut in Sachen Informationen.Danke für den Tipp :danke:
CRAY ist eine (technisch gesehen) sehr interessante Firma. Aber die Frage stellt sich wohl gleich wie im Halbleiter-Segment: können die Schritt halten? Es braucht nur einen Fehltritt, dann sind die hinten nach. Ob sie über Jahre hinaus (ok der Name Cray ist schon historisch gesehen einen Haufen Geld wert) so einen Fehltritt wieder wettmachen können, ist besonders heutzutage fraglich. Dieser Sektor dünkt mich doch sehr riskant. Wie in der FuW erwähnt, ist die Messung mit Linpack sehr veraltet. Es wird vermutet, dass es schon sehr viel leistungsfähigere Computer gibt als in den Top500 aufgezeigt, diese aber mit spezieller Software laufen, welche eben nicht auf Gleitkomma-Rechnungen (oder spezifisch Linpack) ausgelegt sind. Man ist sich dessen sogar sehr sicher, dass solche Anlagen bestehen.Übrigens, wen es interessiert: an der ETH in Zürich steht eine alte Cray. Dies waren noch Zeiten, da ist Couch (geheiztes "Sitzbrett" :repsekt: und Sofa schon inbegriffen) Das Möbel sieht auch so aus 
An der ETH musste (auf US-Anweisungen, weiss jetzt nicht welche Instanz) extra eine Sicherheits-Schleuse eingebaut werden, damit nur wirklich authorisierte Personen Zutritt zur "Maschine" hatten. Dies wegen der Gefahr/Vorteil, den der Ostblock (damals) daraus ziehen hätte können, falls das Ding in "falsche" Hände geriet.Erste Cray http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-1
An der ETH musste (auf US-Anweisungen, weiss jetzt nicht welche Instanz) extra eine Sicherheits-Schleuse eingebaut werden, damit nur wirklich authorisierte Personen Zutritt zur "Maschine" hatten. Dies wegen der Gefahr/Vorteil, den der Ostblock (damals) daraus ziehen hätte können, falls das Ding in "falsche" Hände geriet.Erste Cray http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-1
Das fragte ich mich auch, könnte es CRAY eines Tages nicht wie SGI ergehen? SGI waren in Sachen Grafik auch immer an der Spitze, aber dann als relativ kleine Firma von oben (Giganten wie IBM) oder unten ("Massenware-PCs" in Clustern) in kurzer Zeit erdrückt worden.Kenne mich viel zu wenig aus im Gebiet; weiss nur, dass IT-Grossfirmen (IBM, NEC...) das Feld der Supercomputer ebenfalls stark beackern und viele Firmen mittlerweile einfach Tausende von "normalen" PCs zusammenschliessen.Zur Aktie, könnte der Kurrsprung im April 2012 mit dieser News verbunden sein (?):
http://investors.cray.com/phoenix.zhtml ... highlight=Falls ja, wäre doch ein Einmaleffekt und nicht mehr interessant ?
Die Frage ist, ob sie hier ihren leap-ahead preisgegeben haben. Intel wird das ohne Rücksicht ausnützen. Ich weiss aber auch, dass Intel-Prozessoren bis anhin nicht sonderlich beliebt sind bei Supercomputern. Die Gründe dafür mag ich jetzt aus persönlichen Gründen nicht erläutern.Ich habe (wie immer meine bescheidene Meinung) von Cray das Gefühl dass dies auch der "Jaguar" (und ich weiss leider von was ich sprecheFuW vom Samstag schrieb:
) unter den Superrechnern ist (teuer, gediegen, aber ein "BMW" bringt das auch mit entsprechend langzeitlicher Leistung). Deinen eigenen "Supercomputer" erreichst Du mit beispielsweise deinem eigenen Cluster wenn Du ein paar alte PCs zuhause stehen hast (alle im Verbund). Dies ist was die Firmen heutzutage ausnutzen, oder auch CondorHPC, das heisst in der ganzen Firma lässt jeder seinen PC laufen über Nacht, nach ein paar Minuten "keine Mausbewegung" meldet sich der "Condor" und sendet Rechenaufgaben an diesen PC/Laptop. Sprich die ganze nicht genutzte Ware vom Management/Verkauf etc wird zum Cluster addiert und bringt Rechenleistung. Was hier der Flaschenhals ist, ist die zeitnahe Übertragung vom einen Node (Rechner) zum anderen (es entsteht Zeitverzögerung = Latenz). Mit höherer Technologie wird die Latenz kleiner, sprich der nächste Node muss nicht auf die Ergebnisse des möglicherweise schnelleren anderen Nodes "warten". (Dies ist die "Infiniband"-Technologie)Dies hat natürlich nichts mit der Grösse von Kernwaffen-Simulationen zu tun (Cray-Spektrum und dergleichen).Ich bin daher im Zwiespalt, wie beim Militär. Wenn es dann diese Anlagen von Cray sein müssen, spielt das Geld sowieso keine Rolle. Dort wo solche Investitionen nicht in Frage kommen, wird man eine Lösung suchen, die massiv billiger ist, aber halt auch ein bisschen weniger Leistung an den Tag legt.Zurzeit sind sie wieder auf Kurs.Danke für eure Kommentare und das Interesse. Ich verfolge mal weiter. Wenn die Prognosen stimmen, die beim letzten Quartalsbereicht durchkamen, kann das allerdings eine gute Sache werden. Hier ist der nochmals zur Orientierung:http://www.it-times.de/news/nachricht/d ... dreifacht/
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News Release
Cray Signs Contract to Install Cascade Supercomputer and Sonexion Storage System at the Pawsey Centre
Jul 24, 2012 (Marketwire via COMTEX) --Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) announced today it signed a contract with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to provide the Pawsey Centre in Perth, Australia with a next-generation Cray supercomputer code-named "Cascade" and a next-generation Cray Sonexion storage system. Consisting of products and services, the multi-year, multi-phase contract is valued at more than $21 million USD.
Located in Kensington, Western Australia, the Pawsey Centre will use Cray's Cascade supercomputer and Sonexion storage system to support the data-intensive science that will be carried out using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescopes. The Cray systems will also be used by researchers and scientists at the Pawsey Centre to support additional research areas including geosciences, nanotechnology and biosciences. The Pawsey Centre is owned by CSIRO and managed by iVEC.
"Our organisation is focused on establishing world-class supercomputing facilities and expertise that will allow for the exploration of new paradigms of research," said Paul Nichols, iVEC Executive Director. "Providing our users at the Pawsey Centre with Cray's next-generation Cascade and Sonexion storage systems reinforces our mission and represents a significant contribution to the future of Australian research."
"We are honored to be working with iVEC and CSIRO to provide the Pawsey Centre with the most advanced high performance computing technologies our company has to offer -- the next-generation of our Sonexion storage system and our upcoming Cascade supercomputer," said Andrew Wyatt, vice president, Cray Asia Pacific. "The science being undertaken at the Pawsey Centre will require significant supercomputing resources, and we are excited to provide their users with the latest and most innovative Cray systems that are uniquely designed to meet the needs of these demanding challenges."
Cray's Cascade supercomputer, which is expected to be widely available in 2013, is the next step in Cray's Adaptive Supercomputing vision. The system will feature major advancements to the Cray Linux Environment, Cray's HPC-optimized programming environment, and the next-generation Aries interconnect chipset. Cascade will also feature support for Intel® Xeon® processors -- a first for Cray's high-end systems -- and the Cascade system at the Pawsey Centre is expected to include the Intel® Xeon® Phi™ coprocessors based on Intel's Many Integrated Core (Intel® MIC) architecture. The Cascade supercomputer is in part made possible by Cray's participation in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) High Productivity Computing Systems program.
The Cray Sonexion storage system brings together an integrated file system, software and storage offering that has been designed specifically for a wide range of HPC workloads, providing users with an integrated, scalable Lustre solution that is easy to install and maintain. Cray's Sonexion storage system combines powerful servers, the latest Lustre parallel file system and efficient management software into a modular and scalable storage product that is tested at scale, and supported as a complete solution by Cray.
Initial deliveries of the Cascade supercomputer and Sonexion storage system to the Pawsey Centre will begin in 2013 and are expected to be completed in 2014.
iVEC is an unincorporated joint venture of CSIRO and the four public Western Australian universities: Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia. It was established in 2001 to foster and promote scientific and technological innovation through the provision of supercomputing and eResearch services to the research community, commercial organisations and government agencies. In 2009 iVEC was charged with establishing and operating the $80 million Pawsey Centre by the Australian government. iVEC has a 5 year agreement with the Western Australia State Government to fund staff to manage the Pawsey infrastructure and provide uptake services for the user community.
The Pawsey Centre (named after Dr. Joseph Pawsey, an Australian pioneer in the field of radio astronomy) was officially launched by Senator Kim Carr, Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research on 27 August 2009. The Centre is located adjoining CSIRO's Australian Resources Research Centre in Technology Park, Kensington, Western Australia. As a supercomputing facility, it is expected to be among the leading echelon of supercomputers in the world at the time of its final commissioning. The Pawsey Centre is owned by the CSIRO and managed by iVEC.
About Cray Inc.
As a global leader in supercomputing, Cray provides highly advanced supercomputers and world-class services and support to government, industry and academia. Cray technology is designed to enable scientists and engineers to achieve remarkable breakthroughs by accelerating performance, improving efficiency and extending the capabilities of their most demanding applications. Cray's Adaptive Supercomputing vision is focused on delivering innovative next-generation products that integrate diverse processing technologies into a unified architecture, allowing customers to surpass today's limitations and meeting the market's continued demand for realized performance. Go to http://www.cray.com for more information.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including, but not limited to, statements related to Cray's ability to deliver the system required by the Pawsey Centre when required and that meets the Pawsey Centre's needs, the planned availability of the Cray Cascade system. These statements involve current expectations, forecasts of future events and other statements that are not historical facts. Inaccurate assumptions and known and unknown risks and uncertainties can affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements and cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect actual future events or results include, but are not limited to, the risk that the system required by the Pawsey Centre is not delivered in a timely fashion or does not perform as expected, the risk that Cray is not able to successfully complete its planned product development efforts or to ship Cascade systems or next-generation Sonexion storage systems within the planned timeframe or at all, the risk that the Cascade system or next-generation Sonexion storage system will not have the features or components currently planned, the risk that Intel processors planned for the Cray Cascade system are not available when expected and such other risks as identified in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, and from time to time in other reports filed by Cray with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not rely unduly on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this release. Cray undertakes no duty to publicly announce or report revisions to these statements as new information becomes available that may change the Company's expectations.
Cray is a registered trademark of Cray Inc. in the United States and other countries, and Cascade, Sonexion, and Cray Linux Environment are trademarks of Cray Inc. Other product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
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News Release
Cray Signs Contract to Install Cascade Supercomputer and Sonexion Storage System at the Pawsey Centre
Jul 24, 2012 (Marketwire via COMTEX) --Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) announced today it signed a contract with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to provide the Pawsey Centre in Perth, Australia with a next-generation Cray supercomputer code-named "Cascade" and a next-generation Cray Sonexion storage system. Consisting of products and services, the multi-year, multi-phase contract is valued at more than $21 million USD.
Located in Kensington, Western Australia, the Pawsey Centre will use Cray's Cascade supercomputer and Sonexion storage system to support the data-intensive science that will be carried out using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescopes. The Cray systems will also be used by researchers and scientists at the Pawsey Centre to support additional research areas including geosciences, nanotechnology and biosciences. The Pawsey Centre is owned by CSIRO and managed by iVEC.
"Our organisation is focused on establishing world-class supercomputing facilities and expertise that will allow for the exploration of new paradigms of research," said Paul Nichols, iVEC Executive Director. "Providing our users at the Pawsey Centre with Cray's next-generation Cascade and Sonexion storage systems reinforces our mission and represents a significant contribution to the future of Australian research."
"We are honored to be working with iVEC and CSIRO to provide the Pawsey Centre with the most advanced high performance computing technologies our company has to offer -- the next-generation of our Sonexion storage system and our upcoming Cascade supercomputer," said Andrew Wyatt, vice president, Cray Asia Pacific. "The science being undertaken at the Pawsey Centre will require significant supercomputing resources, and we are excited to provide their users with the latest and most innovative Cray systems that are uniquely designed to meet the needs of these demanding challenges."
Cray's Cascade supercomputer, which is expected to be widely available in 2013, is the next step in Cray's Adaptive Supercomputing vision. The system will feature major advancements to the Cray Linux Environment, Cray's HPC-optimized programming environment, and the next-generation Aries interconnect chipset. Cascade will also feature support for Intel® Xeon® processors -- a first for Cray's high-end systems -- and the Cascade system at the Pawsey Centre is expected to include the Intel® Xeon® Phi™ coprocessors based on Intel's Many Integrated Core (Intel® MIC) architecture. The Cascade supercomputer is in part made possible by Cray's participation in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) High Productivity Computing Systems program.
The Cray Sonexion storage system brings together an integrated file system, software and storage offering that has been designed specifically for a wide range of HPC workloads, providing users with an integrated, scalable Lustre solution that is easy to install and maintain. Cray's Sonexion storage system combines powerful servers, the latest Lustre parallel file system and efficient management software into a modular and scalable storage product that is tested at scale, and supported as a complete solution by Cray.
Initial deliveries of the Cascade supercomputer and Sonexion storage system to the Pawsey Centre will begin in 2013 and are expected to be completed in 2014.
iVEC is an unincorporated joint venture of CSIRO and the four public Western Australian universities: Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia. It was established in 2001 to foster and promote scientific and technological innovation through the provision of supercomputing and eResearch services to the research community, commercial organisations and government agencies. In 2009 iVEC was charged with establishing and operating the $80 million Pawsey Centre by the Australian government. iVEC has a 5 year agreement with the Western Australia State Government to fund staff to manage the Pawsey infrastructure and provide uptake services for the user community.
The Pawsey Centre (named after Dr. Joseph Pawsey, an Australian pioneer in the field of radio astronomy) was officially launched by Senator Kim Carr, Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research on 27 August 2009. The Centre is located adjoining CSIRO's Australian Resources Research Centre in Technology Park, Kensington, Western Australia. As a supercomputing facility, it is expected to be among the leading echelon of supercomputers in the world at the time of its final commissioning. The Pawsey Centre is owned by the CSIRO and managed by iVEC.
About Cray Inc.
As a global leader in supercomputing, Cray provides highly advanced supercomputers and world-class services and support to government, industry and academia. Cray technology is designed to enable scientists and engineers to achieve remarkable breakthroughs by accelerating performance, improving efficiency and extending the capabilities of their most demanding applications. Cray's Adaptive Supercomputing vision is focused on delivering innovative next-generation products that integrate diverse processing technologies into a unified architecture, allowing customers to surpass today's limitations and meeting the market's continued demand for realized performance. Go to http://www.cray.com for more information.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including, but not limited to, statements related to Cray's ability to deliver the system required by the Pawsey Centre when required and that meets the Pawsey Centre's needs, the planned availability of the Cray Cascade system. These statements involve current expectations, forecasts of future events and other statements that are not historical facts. Inaccurate assumptions and known and unknown risks and uncertainties can affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements and cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect actual future events or results include, but are not limited to, the risk that the system required by the Pawsey Centre is not delivered in a timely fashion or does not perform as expected, the risk that Cray is not able to successfully complete its planned product development efforts or to ship Cascade systems or next-generation Sonexion storage systems within the planned timeframe or at all, the risk that the Cascade system or next-generation Sonexion storage system will not have the features or components currently planned, the risk that Intel processors planned for the Cray Cascade system are not available when expected and such other risks as identified in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, and from time to time in other reports filed by Cray with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not rely unduly on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this release. Cray undertakes no duty to publicly announce or report revisions to these statements as new information becomes available that may change the Company's expectations.
Cray is a registered trademark of Cray Inc. in the United States and other countries, and Cascade, Sonexion, and Cray Linux Environment are trademarks of Cray Inc. Other product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
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Cray Inc. to Announce Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results on Tuesday, July 31SEATTLE -- Jul. 24, 2012-- Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAY) plans to host an investor conference call on Tuesday, July 31 at 1:30 p.m. PDT (4:30 p.m. EDT) to discuss its second quarter 2012 financial results. The call will feature a discussion by senior management followed by a question and answer session.
:spitze: Anbei noch das Ergebnis Q2. Die Erfolgsstory geht weiter (die Zahlen können auf der Homepage eingesehen werden):http://investors.cray.com/phoenix.zhtml ... highlight=Cray Inc. Reports Strong Second Quarter 2012 ResultsJul 31, 2012 -- Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Revenue for the quarter was $84.2 million compared to $67.9 million in the prior year period. The Company reported net income for the quarter of $147.4 million or $3.91 diluted income per share compared to a net loss of ($3.0 million) or ($0.08) per share in the second quarter of 2011. The second quarter of 2012 operating results included a $139.1 million pre-tax gain, which resulted from the sale of the Company's interconnect hardware development program to Intel Corporation. Revenue for the six-month period ended June 30, 2012 was $196.5 million compared with $107.8 million in the prior year period. Net income was $152.4 million or $4.12 diluted income per share for the first half of 2012 compared to a net loss of ($4.4 million) or ($0.13) per share in the prior year period. Operating income for the first six months of 2012, excluding the $139.1 million pre-tax gain from the asset sale to Intel, was $20.8 million. The first half of 2012 results included non-cash items of $4.0 million for depreciation and amortization and $2.4 million related to stock compensation expense. Total gross profit margin for the second quarter of 2012 was 41% compared to 38% for the second quarter of 2011. For the second quarter of 2012, product margin was 42% and service margin was 35%. Operating expenses for the second quarter of 2012 were $22.1 million compared to $28.7 million in the prior year period. The Company's second quarter and first half of 2012 results were impacted by higher accrued incentive-based compensation due to strong operating results, as well as increased spending toward our growth initiatives compared to 2011. Second quarter of 2012 operating expenses benefited from $15 million in R&D co-funding credits related to the Company's DARPA contract. The second quarter of 2012 results also included non-cash items of $2.1 million for depreciation and amortization and $1.2 million for stock compensation expense. Cray's effective tax rate for the first half of the year was 5% and benefited from the recognition of a capital loss and the partial release of a valuation allowance provided against deferred tax assets. The deferred tax asset balance primarily resulted from net operating loss carryforwards that were generated in previous periods. As of June 30, 2012, cash balances totaled $223 million compared to $112 million as of March 31, 2012. Working capital increased by $168 million during the second quarter to $315 million as of June 30, 2012. "We had a very strong quarter, led by the acceptance of our first petaflops system at a large commercial customer and the completion of a $140 million asset sale," said Peter Ungaro, president and CEO of Cray. "During the first half of the year, we made good progress on each of our three growth initiatives while also delivering strong operating results. We were recently awarded a number of exciting new wins for our next-generation supercomputer, called 'Cascade', which is planned for general availability next year. We have a lot of work left to do in order to achieve our outlook for this year, but our business is in excellent shape as we continue to build on our strong market position now and into the future." 2012 Outlook A wide range of results remains possible for 2012. While many variables may impact our results, one significant item is the timing of a single planned customer acceptance, which would represent approximately $150 million in product revenue. This is the largest system we have ever built and its acceptance is dependent on several items, including third-party components, all on a tight timeline due to previous delays. Assuming acceptance of this system occurs in 2012, as currently planned, we continue to anticipate total revenue to be in the range of $430-$450 million for the year. Revenue in the third quarter of 2012 is expected to be about $30 million. For the year, overall gross margins are anticipated to be in the 35 percent range and total operating expenses are expected to be about $120 million. Based on this outlook, we expect to be solidly profitable for 2012, independent of the $139 million pre-tax gain on the sale of our interconnect hardware development program that occurred during the second quarter. The Company's 2012 effective income tax rate is currently projected to be about 5-8% but is dependent on a number of variables. Actual results for any future period are subject to large fluctuations given the nature of Cray's business. Recent Highlights •In July, Cray announced it was awarded a contract to deliver a next-generation Cray supercomputer, code-named "Cascade", and a next-generation Cray Sonexion storage system to the Pawsey Centre in Perth, Australia. The contract is valued at more than $21 million. •In July, Cray announced it was awarded a contract to provide the Finnish IT Center for Science with a "Cascade" supercomputer. Consisting of product and services, the multi-year, multi-phase contract is valued at more than $12 million, and a vast majority of the system is expected to be delivered in 2014. •In June, Cray announced it will install a "Cascade" system and a next-generation Cray Sonexion storage system at the Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). The multi-year, multi-phase procurement is valued at more than $40 million. •In June, Cray announced that its "Cascade" systems will be available with Intel's new Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors. The Intel Xeon Phi product family is based on Intel's Many Integrated Core architecture, which is designed for highly parallel workloads. •In June, as part of Cray's technical enterprise/midrange growth initiative, Cray announced it was awarded a new contract by the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program to deliver a new Cray XE6m supercomputer to the Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey, California. The initial system contract is valued at more than $16 million in product revenue. The contract also calls for Cray to significantly upgrade the program's three existing Cray XE6 supercomputers. •In June, Cray's YarcData subsidiary launched a $100,000 Graph Analytics Challenge. The contest is designed to showcase the increasing applicability and adoption of graph analytics in solving Big Data problems. •During the second quarter, Cray delivered and received acceptance on Cray Sonexion 1300 storage subsystems in the energy, government and academic market segments. Cray has now shipped over 50 petabytes of storage capacity in 2012. •During the second quarter, Cray completed two different development milestones totaling $15 million in R&D credits for its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract related to the development of its next-generation "Cascade" supercomputer. Conference Call Information Cray will host a conference call today, Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. PDT (4:30 p.m. EDT) to discuss its second quarter 2012 financial results. To access the call, please dial into the conference at least 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call at 1- 855-894-4205 and enter the access code 14743057. To listen to the audio webcast, go to the Investors section of the Cray website at http://investors.cray.com/. If you are unable to attend the live conference call, an audio webcast replay will be available in the Investors section of the Cray website for 180 days. If you do not have Internet access, a replay of the call will be available by dialing 1-855-859-2056, and entering the access code 14743057. The conference call replay will be available for 72 hours, beginning at 4:30 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, July 31, 2012. About Cray Inc. As a global leader in supercomputing, Cray provides highly advanced supercomputers and world-class services and support to government, industry and academia. Cray technology is designed to enable scientists and engineers to achieve remarkable breakthroughs by accelerating performance, improving efficiency and extending the capabilities of their most demanding applications. Cray's Adaptive Supercomputing vision is focused on delivering innovative next-generation products that integrate diverse processing technologies into a unified architecture, allowing customers to surpass today's limitations and meeting the market's continued demand for realized performance. Go to http://www.cray.com/ for more information. Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including, but not limited to, statements related to Cray's financial guidance and expected future operating results, Cray's planned customer acceptances and Cray's product development plans. These statements involve current expectations, forecasts of future events and other statements that are not historical facts. Inaccurate assumptions as well as known and unknown risks and uncertainties can affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements and cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect actual future events or results include, but are not limited to, the risk that Cray does not achieve the operational or financial results that it expects, the risk that customer acceptances, particularly the planned customer acceptance that would represent approximately $150 million in product revenue, are not received in 2012 as expected or at all, the risk that planned updates to third-party processors, including NVIDIA's next generation "Kepler" GPUs, are not available with the performance expected or when expected, the risk that Cray will continue to have further supply issues related to a key component and will not be able to secure components that meet Cray's specifications in sufficient quantities on time, the risk that the systems ordered by customers are not delivered when expected or do not perform as expected once delivered, the risk that Cray is not able to successfully complete its planned product development efforts, including those related to its next-generation "Cascade" supercomputer, within the planned timeframes or at all, the risk that Cray's growth initiatives are not successful, the risk that Cray is not able to achieve and obtain acceptance of its remaining DARPA co-funded development milestone and earn R&D co-funding credits at the currently-contracted amount when expected or at all, the risk that Cray is not able to achieve anticipated gross margin or expense levels, and such other risks as identified in the company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2012, and from time to time in other reports filed by Cray with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not rely unduly on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this release. Cray undertakes no duty to publicly announce or report revisions to these statements as new information becomes available that may change the company's expectations. Cray is a registered trademark of Cray Inc. in the United States and other countries and Cray Sonexion 1300, YarcData, Cray XE6m and Cray XE6 are trademarks of Cray Inc. Other product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Nach dem gestrigen Kurstief bei 11.17 (stark schwankende US-Börse vor und nach Fed-Aussage sowie offensichtliche Gewinnmitnahmen bei Cray) leistete ich mir ein zweites Teil bei 11.26. http://seekingalpha.com/article/767551- ... ource=feed
Hallo zusammen, wirklich interessante Aktie.Nur das mit der Performance dieses Jahr, sieht in meinen Augen so aus, als ob da irgendjemand ziemlich viel Geld investiert hat.Darum dieser Kurssprung falls diese Person wieder aussteigen würde, so sind wir ziemlich am Anschlag wieder. Darum no risk no fun, ich steige auch mal auf.Greets
Darum no risk no fun, ich steige auch mal auf.GreetsDa gibt es noch was Neues zu berichten: Cray to Add NVIDIA Kepler GPUs to Its Next-Generation "Cascade" Supercomputer Aug 15, 2012 -- Building upon the Company's commitment to its Adaptive Supercomputing vision, global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced that its next-generation supercomputer code-named "Cascade" will be available with NVIDIA® Tesla® GPUs based on the next-generation NVIDIA Kepler™ GPU computing architecture. "This is an exciting announcement for us, and for our customers, as it proves that we remain committed to our vision of integrating a range of advanced processing technologies into a single, scalable architecture," said Peg Williams, Cray's senior vice president of high performance computing systems. "Adaptive Supercomputing is about building a robust hardware and software environment that ultimately supports giving our customers choices. Adding the NVIDIA Tesla Kepler-based GPUs, which are designed for computationally intensive HPC environments, into future versions of our Cascade system will give our customers the flexibility to choose from a variety of powerful accelerator options." In June, Cray announced that the Cascade supercomputer will be available with the new Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessors. With these new offerings, Cray customers will be able to customize a Cascade supercomputer with innovative processor technologies that best meets the high performance computing (HPC) needs of their scientific applications. NVIDIA Tesla GPUs and Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors will be available in future versions of Cray's Cascade supercomputer. Cray's Cascade supercomputer, which is expected to be widely available in 2013, is the next step in Cray's Adaptive Supercomputing vision. The system will feature major advancements to the Cray Linux Environment, Cray's HPC-optimized programming environment, and the next-generation Aries interconnect chipset. Cascade will also feature support for Intel® Xeon® processors -- a first for Cray's high-end systems. "Cascade will be the first system to combine three key technologies: the latest Intel Xeon CPUs, Cray's next-generation Aries system interconnect, and new Tesla Kepler-based GPUs, the highest performance, most energy-efficient accelerators ever built," said Sumit Gupta, senior director of the Tesla business unit at NVIDIA. "This combination enables applications to scale to tens of thousands of CPU-GPU nodes to solve the world's most complex scientific computing problems." A number of leading HPC centers around the world have already signed contracts to purchase Cascade systems: •In July, Cray announced it had signed a contract with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) to provide the Pawsey Centre in Perth, Australia with a Cascade supercomputer and a next-generation Cray Sonexion storage system as part of a $21 million agreement. •Also in July, Cray announced it had been awarded a supercomputer contract to provide the Finish IT Center for Science Ltd. (CSC) with a Cascade supercomputer. •Cray announced in June that it will install a Cascade supercomputer and a next-generation Cray Sonexion storage system at the Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) in Berkeley, California as part of a $40 million supercomputing agreement. •In December 2011, Cray announced it was awarded a contract to provide a Cascade supercomputer to the Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACMS) at Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan. •In October 2010, Cray announced it had signed a contract with the University of Stuttgart to provide a Cascade system to the High Performance Computing Centre Stuttgart (HLRS) in Germany. The Cascade supercomputer is in part made possible by Cray's participation in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) High Productivity Computing Systems program.
Cray to Add NVIDIA Kepler GPUs to Its Next-Generation "Cascade" Supercomputer Aug 15, 2012 -- Building upon the Company's commitment to its Adaptive Supercomputing vision, global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced that its next-generation supercomputer code-named "Cascade" will be available with NVIDIA® Tesla® GPUs based on the next-generation NVIDIA Kepler™ GPU computing architecture. "This is an exciting announcement for us, and for our customers, as it proves that we remain committed to our vision of integrating a range of advanced processing technologies into a single, scalable architecture," said Peg Williams, Cray's senior vice president of high performance computing systems. "Adaptive Supercomputing is about building a robust hardware and software environment that ultimately supports giving our customers choices. Adding the NVIDIA Tesla Kepler-based GPUs, which are designed for computationally intensive HPC environments, into future versions of our Cascade system will give our customers the flexibility to choose from a variety of powerful accelerator options." In June, Cray announced that the Cascade supercomputer will be available with the new Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessors. With these new offerings, Cray customers will be able to customize a Cascade supercomputer with innovative processor technologies that best meets the high performance computing (HPC) needs of their scientific applications. NVIDIA Tesla GPUs and Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors will be available in future versions of Cray's Cascade supercomputer. Cray's Cascade supercomputer, which is expected to be widely available in 2013, is the next step in Cray's Adaptive Supercomputing vision. The system will feature major advancements to the Cray Linux Environment, Cray's HPC-optimized programming environment, and the next-generation Aries interconnect chipset. Cascade will also feature support for Intel® Xeon® processors -- a first for Cray's high-end systems. "Cascade will be the first system to combine three key technologies: the latest Intel Xeon CPUs, Cray's next-generation Aries system interconnect, and new Tesla Kepler-based GPUs, the highest performance, most energy-efficient accelerators ever built," said Sumit Gupta, senior director of the Tesla business unit at NVIDIA. "This combination enables applications to scale to tens of thousands of CPU-GPU nodes to solve the world's most complex scientific computing problems." A number of leading HPC centers around the world have already signed contracts to purchase Cascade systems: •In July, Cray announced it had signed a contract with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) to provide the Pawsey Centre in Perth, Australia with a Cascade supercomputer and a next-generation Cray Sonexion storage system as part of a $21 million agreement. •Also in July, Cray announced it had been awarded a supercomputer contract to provide the Finish IT Center for Science Ltd. (CSC) with a Cascade supercomputer. •Cray announced in June that it will install a Cascade supercomputer and a next-generation Cray Sonexion storage system at the Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) in Berkeley, California as part of a $40 million supercomputing agreement. •In December 2011, Cray announced it was awarded a contract to provide a Cascade supercomputer to the Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACMS) at Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan. •In October 2010, Cray announced it had signed a contract with the University of Stuttgart to provide a Cascade system to the High Performance Computing Centre Stuttgart (HLRS) in Germany. The Cascade supercomputer is in part made possible by Cray's participation in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) High Productivity Computing Systems program.Kurs hält sich gut, trotz mal wieder roter US-Börse. Es stehen einige Events an, das dürfte förderlich wirken.http://www.cray.com/About/CrayEvents.aspx
Ich habe mich gegen einen Kauf entschieden. Nicht weil das Unternehmen nicht gut geführt wäre oder ihr Produkt nicht interessant und speziell ist. Nein schlicht und einfach verstehe ich zu wenig von der Materie und nach einigen Recherchen musste ich kapitulieren. Für Eingeweihte könnte das durchaus eine lukrative Aktie werden!?
Das ist zu respektieren und es ist ja auch keine Werbekampagne. Aber es könnte durchaus sehr gut kommen, sofern die Jahresprognose erfüllt wird.Man sollte aber auch nicht Vergleiche anstellen mit anderen gigantischen Computerfirmen, die zurzeit grad etwas Probleme haben beim Zahlenzeigen, diese 'Delle' war schon immer etwas heikel. Etwas kleiner, aber speziell und flexibel kann äusserst erfolgreich sein. Man wird sehen
Ich muss sagen dass ich diese Firma seit dem ersten Post hier auch auf dem Beobachtungs-Radar habe. Aber ich traue mich einfach nicht... Wie oben beschrieben, es kann dermassen schnell bachab gehen in diesem Segment. Mir sind High-Tech-Firmen einfach ein Graus irgendwie, ein Fehltritt reicht und sie sind weg vom Fenster. Und CRAY war auch schon weg. Siehe auch SUN, DEC, ... Das gleiche mit führenden Solar-Firmen (wobei man dort ja unterdessen weiss warum).
Wie oben beschrieben, es kann dermassen schnell bachab gehen in diesem Segment. Mir sind High-Tech-Firmen einfach ein Graus irgendwie, ein Fehltritt reicht und sie sind weg vom Fenster. Und CRAY war auch schon weg. Siehe auch SUN, DEC, ... Das gleiche mit führenden Solar-Firmen (wobei man dort ja unterdessen weiss warum).Der Kampf um die 12.- ist hart, dauert schon paar Tage, schätze aber, die wird demnächst genommen, nachhaltig. News Release Cray Inc. to Present at ThinkEquity's 9th Annual Growth Conference: G9Sep 10, 2012 -- Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) announced today that Paul Hiemstra, Director, Treasury and Investor Relations, will be presenting at ThinkEquity's 9th Annual Growth Conference: G9 at the Le Parker Meridien in New York City. The Cray presentation will be held on Thursday, Sept. 13, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. The Cray presentation will be available to the public via live audio webcast. To listen to the webcast, go to the Investors section of the Cray website at http://investors.cray.com/. An archived version of the webcast will be available on the Cray website for 90 days.
News Release Cray Inc. to Present at ThinkEquity's 9th Annual Growth Conference: G9Sep 10, 2012 -- Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) announced today that Paul Hiemstra, Director, Treasury and Investor Relations, will be presenting at ThinkEquity's 9th Annual Growth Conference: G9 at the Le Parker Meridien in New York City. The Cray presentation will be held on Thursday, Sept. 13, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. The Cray presentation will be available to the public via live audio webcast. To listen to the webcast, go to the Investors section of the Cray website at http://investors.cray.com/. An archived version of the webcast will be available on the Cray website for 90 days.
http://www.earningswhispers.com/stocks.asp?symbol=crayDas genaue Datum ist mir noch nicht bekannt.http://www.cray.com/About/CrayEvents.aspxIch bin gespannt, ob es dann bei 14.- leichter geht.