SEATTLE and DENVER, Nov. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At the 2017 Supercomputing Conference in Denver, Colorado, global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) today announced the Company won four awards from the editors and readers of HPCwire, as part of the publication’s 2017 Editors’ and Readers’ Choice Awards. This marks the 14th consecutive year Cray has been selected for multiple HPCwire awards.
This year’s awards include:
- Editors’ Choice: Best HPC Server Product or Technology (Cray® XC50™ Supercomputer).
- Editors’ Choice: Best Use of Artificial Intelligence (The CANcer Distributed Learning Environment (CANDLE) program at Argonne National Laboratory that leverages “Theta” the Cray XC40™ supercomputer to accelerate cancer research). Argonne’s Exascale Deep Learning and Simulation Enabled Precision Medicine for Cancer project focuses on building a scalable deep neural network code called CANDLE.
- Editors’ Choice: Best Use of HPC in Energy (Carnegie Clean Energy and the University of Western Australia – with the Pawsey Supercomputing Center and Cray – capture and convert ocean wave energy).
- Readers’ Choice: Top 5 Vendors to Watch
“We are honored that for the 14th year in a row, the readers and editors of HPCwire have recognized the company’s efforts in advancing what is possible with a Cray supercomputer,” said Fred Kohout, Cray’s senior vice president of products and chief marketing officer. “It is particularly rewarding to be acknowledged by our peers and influential members of the HPC community for our customers’ contributions towards solving some of the world’s most challenging problems in emergent, rapidly evolving fields such as AI, cancer research, and clean energy.”
A complete list of award winners is available on the HPCwire.com website.
About Cray Inc.
Global supercomputing leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) provides innovative systems and solutions enabling scientists and engineers in industry, academia and government to meet existing and future simulation and analytics challenges. Leveraging more than 40 years of experience in developing and servicing the world’s most advanced supercomputers, Cray offers a comprehensive portfolio of supercomputers and big data storage and analytics solutions delivering unrivaled performance, efficiency and scalability. 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 meet the market’s continued demand for realized performance. Go to www.cray.com for more information.
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