Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) sets to bolster its computing muscle with the $1.3 billion acquisition of Cray, the famous company behind 3 of the top 10 supercomputers in the world.
“Answers to some of society’s most pressing challenges are buried in massive amounts of data,” HPE says. “Only by processing and analysing this data will we be able to unlock the answers to critical challenges across medicine, climate change, space and more. Cray is a global technology leader in supercomputing and shares our deep commitment to innovation. By combining our world-class teams and technology, we will have the opportunity to drive the next generation of high performance computing and play an important part in advancing the way people live and work.”
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