On a day overloaded with announcements, Cray Research Inc yesterday unveiled what it described as an Extended Architecture series of supercomputers to replace the X-MP line. The new models use new 2,500 macrocell array technology and offer four times the memory of existing X-MP systems at about the same price: the company says a four-processor X-MP EA model has been running at its Mendota Heights base since January. Ships of the $2.5m to $14m boxes start next quarter.
