Commenting on its second quarter figures (CI No 2,220), Cray Research Inc says it is confident of showing a strong return to profitability this year, adding that the backlog at the second quarter’s end was about $429m, a record for the company, and well up on the $381m at the end of the first quarter; the supercomputer maker said it now has orders covering about 90% of projected high-end installations for the year; the contract value of orders signed this quarter was about $188m versus $75m a year ago.
