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"We are excited to continue serving the needs of the Army, the
AHPCRC and the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program
for advanced supercomputer technology.

Cray has announced that overall customer-reported scores for the
Cray X1 supercomputer system were the best for any high-performance
computing (HPC) system on the new HPC Challenge benchmark tests
co-sponsored by the DARPA HPCS (High Productivity Computing Systems)
program, the U. Army and the Army Research Laboratory
(www.
"Fluid-structure interaction effects are present in many of our
customers' most challenging design problems, and the new FSI
capability allows us to engage with those customers to develop robust
and reliable modeling approaches," notes Paul Bemis, Fluent 's Vice
President of Marketing., is the world's leading provider of
software and services for advanced finite element analysis. The
ABAQUS(R) software suite has an unsurpassed reputation for technology ,
quality and reliability.

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Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward -looking statements.

5 and FLUENT 6.

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0 billion calculations per second, giving the system
aggregate peak performance of 4.netaspx."
The full set of modeling capabilities in FLUENT 6.
This technology combines the benefits of full nonlinear structural
simulation from both ABAQUS products with the unique dynamic meshing
capability in FLUENT to account for the effect of structural motion or
deformation on the fluid domain.,
in the United States and other countries.

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We look forward to extending this long-term
partnership," said Cray President Peter Ungaro.army., the leading
supplier of software and services for advanced finite element
structural analysis (FEA), announced today the availability of new
software capability for simulation of fluid-structure interaction
(FSI). "We believe that this innovative coupling of
best-in-class engineering simulation software is a significant
milestone in the quest for an engineering capability that solves
real-world FSI problems within industrially realistic timescales. Fluent's corporate
headquarters are located in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA , with offices
in Belgium, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, China, and
Sweden.

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Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SEATTLE----Global supercomputer
leader Cray Inc.

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LEBANON, N. Target applications for FSI include, flow -induced
vibrations in structures and equipment, fan blade flutter, in-vivo
vascular flows, microfluidics , and consumer products design and
packaging applications. We are very enthusiastic to be working with
Fluent to provide a tested and reliable combined modeling capability.
(www.

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The order is part of a
multi-order award with an aggregate value of over $23 million that
Cray has received from the Department of Defense (DoD) HPC
Modernization Program. (www.

As the global leader in HPC, Cray provides innovative
supercomputing systems that enable scientists and engineers in
government , industry and academia to meet both existing and future
computational challenges.----

Respective leaders in CFD and FEA join forces to deliver an open
approach solution to a wide range of multidisciplinary simulations

Fluent Inc.

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"The first full-production Cray X1 system, installed at the AHPCRC
starting in March 2003, demonstrated its ability to achieve
breakthrough scientific results while running Army applications in
computational fluid dynamics, computational mechanics and battlefield
weather forecasting that are of great importance to the defense of the
United States," said Paul Muzio, NCSI VP-Government Programs and
AHPCRC Support Infrastructure Director. NCSI is the prime
contractor for AHPCRC Support Infrastructure, Contract
DAAD19-03-D-0001. Go to www. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners. The software delivers a unified finite element
analysis environment without equal, presenting a compelling
alternative to implementations involving multiple products and
vendors.

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mil).H.I.2 and ABAQUS 6. Fluent's software is
used for simulation , visualization, and analysis of fluid flow, heat
and mass transfer, and chemical reactions. Its CFD software is also available around the world through
joint ventures, partnerships, and distributors .

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Cray said the following record-setting results on Cray X1 systems
were announced earlier:

An AHPCRC unstructured mesh computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
application ran at a sustained speed exceeding one teraflop
(one trillion calculations per second) on a Cray X1
supercomputer with 256 multistreaming processors (MSPs).ahpcrc.

About Cray Inc.

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5-kilometer CONUS simulation for a 12-hour time period with
15-second time steps (the results of the 2.arl. NCSI has a
20-year history of providing commercial high performance computing
services to Fortune 500 companies and the government. netASPx is a leading,
facilities-based ASP headquartered in Herndon, Virginia with its
Operations Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.com

ABAQUS(R) is a registered trademark or trademark of ABAQUS, Inc.

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Army HPC Research Center Nearly Triples Power of Record-Setting Cray X1 Supercomputer with Cray X1E Upgrade

Our Cray X1E system--the
largest we 've shipped to date--will help AHPCRC researchers tackle
extraordinarily challenging applications that are important for
national defense.

About the AHPCRC

The AHPCRC is a Government -University-Industry partnership
committed to helping the U.

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The new FSI capability supports
steady -state or transient analysis of thermal-stress and/or mechanical
deformation effects, including full bi-directional scalable coupling
and takes advantage of the latest parallel processing within each
analysis product.

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Muzio added, "The Cray X1/X1E
architecture is unique in its ability to support , in hardware,
advanced parallel global addressing programming models, a feature
which we believe is important for improving programmer productivity
and for critical defense applications in solid and structural
mechanics that require extremely low latency communications.S.hpcmo. NCSI is a
subsidiary of netASPx, Inc. Using recently released software from both companies (ABAQUS
6.
The joint approach taken by ABAQUS and Fluent uses an independent,
open solution for the coupling--MpCCI software from Fraunhofer SCAI,
Germany--to enable their individual products to work together to solve
a range of important FSI problems.

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6 trillion calculations per second.

Fluent Inc. and ABAQUS Inc. Announce Availability of Fluid-Structure Interaction Capability

To meet the requirement for higher fidelity simulations , there is
an increasing demand for solutions involving two or more disciplines. It is a vital part of the
computer-aided engineering (CAE) process for companies around the
world and is deployed in nearly every manufacturing industry. It has been adopted by major corporations
across all engineering disciplines as an integral part of their design
process.

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Building on years of experience in
designing , developing, marketing and servicing the world's most
advanced supercomputers, Cray offers a comprehensive portfolio of HPC
systems that deliver unrivaled sustained performance on a wide range
of applications .5
(including both ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit structural
analysis products) is available for use in coupled FSI simulations.

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hpc. Using
Fluent's software, product development, design and research, engineers
build virtual prototypes and simulate the performance of proposed and
existing designs, allowing them to improve design quality while
reducing cost and speeding time to market .

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The Cray X1E system upgrade was installed at NCSI on March 3, 2005.
This procurement gives the Army, the DoD's High Performance
Computing Modernization Program, and the Defense science and
technology community-at-large, access to a new and important advanced
computing capability.S.cray. ABAQUS offers a powerful and complete solution for simple to
complex linear and nonlinear engineering problems , using the finite
element method.

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About NCSI

NCSI, as systems integrator and computing facilities manager for
the AHPCRC, will operate the AHPCRC's Cray X1 systems.

Cray is a registered trademark, and Cray X1 and Cray X1E are
trademarks, of Cray Inc.

FLUENT(R ) is a registered trademark of Fluent Inc.

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The combination of its processor speed, exceptionally high bandwidth
and I/O capabilities equips the Cray X1E system, like its predecessor,
to outperform alternative products on targeted high-end applications. These
Cray X1E features will allow AHPCRC researchers to expand their
activities in the development of those advanced applications in
support of the Army. Funding for the
AHPCRC is provided by the U.mil), with funding for major equipment acquisition
provided through the DoD HPCMP (www. These
include the technical challenges of developing high performance
computing systems, government support and timing of supercomputer
system purchases , the successful porting of application programs to
Cray computer systems, reliance on third-party suppliers, fluctuating
quarterly operating results, lower margins and earnings due to
significant pricing pressure, Cray's ability to keep up with rapid
technological change, Cray's ability to compete against larger, more
established companies and innovative competitors, and general economic
and market conditions.2), the new FSI capability fills a gap in the market
by enabling users to solve complex multidisciplinary design problems
involving coupled fluid flow and structural phenomena using leading
technologies from their respective domains and backed by the two most
highly respected support teams in the industry. A wide range of structural, thermal, and coupled
analyses is supported .

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This system upgrade will nearly triple the performance of
the AHPCRC's Cray X1(TM) system that has achieved record-setting
results on important defense applications.
Each Cray X1E multi-streaming processor will have a peak
performance of 18. Department of Energy and the National Science
Foundation . The University of Minnesota is the prime contractor
for the AHPCRC Collaborative Agreement for Research whose partners
include Clark Atlanta, Florida A+M, Howard, and Jackson State
Universities, the University of North Dakota, and NCSI, Contract
DAAD19-01-2-0014 (www. For a discussion of these and other risks, see
"Factors That Could Affect Future Results" in Cray's most recent
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. + PROVIDENCE, R."
"Integration with other analysis disciplines is increasingly of
interest to our customers," says Ken Short, Vice President of
Marketing at ABAQUS Inc.abaqus.

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Through this, the AHPCRC is also supporting the
Defense Science Board's Task Force on Supercomputing recommendation
related to the development and acquisition of high-end computing
systems with improved processor to global memory latency and bandwidth
for critical defense applications . "The open standard approach to coupling that
we have adopted here allows us and our customers to focus on
best-in-class tools within the structural analysis domain, while
providing solutions that address a very wide range of fluid-structure
interaction physics.

About Fluent

Fluent is the world's largest provider of computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) software and consulting services .

About ABAQUS

Founded in 1978, ABAQUS, Inc. All other brand names,
product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

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, the leading provider of computational fluid dynamics
(CFD) simulation software and services, and ABAQUS, Inc.

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(NCSI) has acquired and installed a Cray X1E(TM) vector
supercomputer for the Army High Performance Computing Research Center
(AHPCRC) .5-kilometer study
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The AHPCRC demonstrated the use of the Fifth Generation
Mesoscale Weather Forecast Model (MM5) on the Cray X1 to
produce 5-kilometer resolution weather forecasts for the
entire Continental United States (CONUS), and to produce a
2. Army and the nation maintain its
defense technology lead and providing future generations of
researchers with advanced training and research opportunities in
science, engineering and the computational sciences .

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(Nasdaq:CRAY) today announced that Network Computing
Services, Inc.S. There are
certain factors that could cause Cray's execution plans to differ
materially from those anticipated by the statements above. ABAQUS employs over 400 people worldwide, with 27 direct
offices for technical support, sales and services, plus a network of
technically advanced distributors in emerging markets.