Chief executive quits at Cray Computer

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Cray Computer Corp announces that President and Chief Executive Officer Neil Davenport will resign his post. In his wake, the founder of the four-year old company, Seymour R. Cray, will take over Davenport's responsibilities until a successor is found. Cray Computer is perceived to be in financial difficulty because it cannot find a buyer for its Cray-3 supercomputer. Angered by delays, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which was to have purchased the first model, canceled its order. The Cray-3 was designed to connect 16 processors working in parallel. The company may now attempt to sell a cheaper model using eight or four processors. Seymour Cray developed the supercomputer while working at Control Data Corp in the 1960s; he then went on to found Cray Research.

Management, Supercomputers, Supercomputer, CRAY, Resignation, Cray Computer Corp., Cray, Seymour R.

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New Autodesk chief was executive at Sun

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Autodesk Inc. names former Sun Microsystems Inc executive Carol Bartz to be its chairman, president and chief executive. Autodesk is the developer of AutoCAD, the number one computer-aided design software program. Autodesk's growth has slowed somewhat and profits dropped 28 percent in the fourth quarter of its last fiscal year, which ended in Jan 1992. Bartz says she is excited to begin working on the software side of the industry, after 20 years of being on the hardware side.

Prepackaged software, Sun Microsystems Inc., SUNW, Autodesk Inc., ACAD, New Appointment

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