Intel will acquire certain assets ofCray Inc. to acquire certain assets related to its high-performance computing (HPC) interconnect program. The deal includes Cray’s interconnect personnel and intellectual property. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The Cray interconnect team developed the Gemini interconnect as well as the upcoming Aries interconnect, designed to work in Cray’s next-generation supercomputer, codenamed “Cascade,” which will integrate Intel Xeon processors.
