This is almost certainly due to the DoE Frontier contract awarded to Cray and AMD. [0] HPE is "riding the wave" of this major contract. Cray did something simi

This is almost certainly due to the DoE Frontier contract awarded to Cray and AMD. [0] HPE is "riding the wave" of this major contract. Cray did something similar with Appro when Appro won a large government supercomputer cluster contract. [1] When the contract was over, former Appro staff at Cray attrited. Once the Frontier project is finished, there's no telling what HPE will do with Cray. Seymour, Bill and Dave must be rolling in their graves. [2] The Seattle office of Cray, which houses executives, HR, and some Chapel/MPI folks, will probably be closed at some point. The Mall of America and Chippewa Falls Cray offices will probably stay open for some time. (Full Disclosure: I worked at HP (1995-2002), Cray (2012-2015), and currently work at AMD.) [0] https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/frontier/ https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/frontier/ [1] http://investors.cray.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=98390&p=irol-newsarticle&ID=1756786 http://investors.cray.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=98390&p=irol-newsa... [2] http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/craytalk/sld001.htm http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/craytalk/sld001.htm