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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:22:05 -0800
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From: Kelly Fitzpatrick <kfitzpatrick@LNScom.com>
Subject: API NetWorks and Cray Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance

Hi Rebecca,

In conjunction with LinuxWorld, API NetWorks, Inc. and Cray Inc. 
today announced a strategic alliance and as part of the multi-year 
collaboration, API NetWorks will supply its Alpha server technology 
as the foundation for the Cray SuperCluster" Series, the world's 
first mission-critical supercomputers based on Linux, also announced 
today.  The combined technology brings Alpha Linux to large, 
mission-critical technical data centers for the first time.

This agreement is one in a series of proof points marking the 
continued growth of Alpha as the preferred platform for building the 
industry's highest-performing systems and extends API NetWorks' 
technology reach into the high-end cluster market.

Representatives from both companies are available for comment. 
Please let me know if you'd like me to arrange a conference call.

Thanks, Kelly
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, API NetWorks' Booth Number:  129

API NetWorks and Cray Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance to Introduce 
First Move of Alpha Linux Into Large-Scale, Mission-Critical 
Clustered Environments

Collaboration To Deliver Cray SuperCluster" Systems with Superior 
Performance, Data Center Quality To Leading Supercomputing Sites

LinuxWorld, New York, NY, January 29, 2001 - API NetWorks, Inc. 
(formerly Alpha Processor, Inc.), engineers of the world's 
highest-performing Linux hardware solutions, and global supercomputer 
leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq NM: CRAY), today announced a strategic 
alliance to bring the power, openness and scalability of Alpha Linux 
to large, mission-critical technical data centers for the first time.

As part of the multi-year collaboration, API NetWorks will supply its 
CS20, the world's most powerful server in a 1U form factor, as the 
foundation for the Cray SuperCluster" Series, the world's first 
mission-critical supercomputers based on Linux, separately announced 
today in conjunction with the LinuxWorld Expo. This agreement is one 
in a series of proof points marking the continued growth of Alpha as 
the preferred platform for building the industry's highest-performing 
systems and extends API NetWorks' technology reach into the high-end 
cluster market.

"Today, even the largest clusters are inefficient at handling really 
big, complex problems and managing workloads for hundreds or 
thousands of concurrent users," said William White, program manager 
for the Cray SuperCluster systems.  "Through our Alpha Linux 
collaboration with API NetWorks and our advanced architecture and 
system software, we are re-implementing the proven capabilities of 
Cray supercomputers in a cluster version, based on requests from 
leading supercomputer sites around the world."

Cray's Alpha Linux SuperCluster systems, slated to begin shipping in 
mid-2001, will scale over time to 1000s of processors to tackle some 
of the world's most challenging problems in emerging fields such as 
genomics and bioinformatics and in cancer research, weather 
forecasting, petroleum, automotive design and other advanced 
government, industrial and university research.

"Through our world-class partners, API NetWorks has provided 
supercomputing-like power to the high-performance computing and 
Internet markets. By teaming with Cray, we are expanding Alpha Linux 
further into the supercomputing market and building mission-critical 
clusters for the major supercomputing sites around the world," said 
Gerry Talbot, President and CTO of API NetWorks.  "API NetWorks has 
seen major growth in Alpha sales with the Linux platform.  The 
agreement with Cray promises to bring this technology into the 
world's leading engineering and scientific research facilities, 
demonstrating that today's most advanced computing problems can be 
solved through the combination of Alpha Linux."

The powerful CS20 with its "network aware" Linux in the ROM feature 
and Cray's proven serverized UNICOS (UNIX) operating environment 
provides the speed, performance and scalability along with technical 
data center features needed for higher-capability clusters (upwards 
of 500 node clusters) in government, industry and academia.

About API NetWorks, Inc.
Addressing the demand for increased memory and I/O bandwidth, API 
NetWorks' high-performance, high-density component and server 
technologies are ideal for today's high-performance computing (HPC) 
and network infrastructure markets.  API NetWorks' 
industry-recognized design team is committed to working with leading 
companies to deliver the highest performing, scalable solutions 
available for OEMs, VARs and system integrators.  For more 
information about API NetWorks and product offerings, see 
www.api-networks.com.

About Cray Inc.
Cray Inc. designs, builds and sells high-performance MPP, vector 
processor and general-purpose parallel computer systems. The company 
has leading edge technology, multiple product platforms, nearly 900 
employees, a $2 billion installed base of approximately 600 computers 
worldwide, major manufacturing and service capabilities and extensive 
global customer relationships. Cray believes its Multithreaded 
Architecture and Cray T3E and Cray SV systems together represent 
the future of supercomputing. Go to www.cray.com for more information 
on the company. Cray is a registered trademark, and Cray T3E, Cray 
SV1, Cray MTA and Cray SV2 are trademarks, of Cray Inc. All other 
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

API NetWorks Contacts:
Guy Ludden				Katy Brennan/Mary Beth West
Marketing Communications Manager		LNS Communications, Inc.
API NetWorks, Inc.				Tel: 617-577-9777
Tel: 978-318-1142				kbrennan@LNScom.com
guy.ludden@api-networks.com		mwest@LNScom.com

Cray Contacts:
Steve Conway				Jennifer Gantz
Cray Inc.					Weber Shandwick Worldwide
651-592-7441				952-346-6253
sttico@aol.com				jgantz@shandwick.com