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Cray has announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Revenue for the quarter was $79.5 million compared to $112.3 million in the prior year period. Cray reported a net loss for the quarter of $7.6 million or $0.20 per share compared to net income of $5.0 million or $0.13 per share in the first quarter of 2012.

Please note, all figures in this release are based on U.S. GAAP unless otherwise noted. A reconciliation of GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures is included with the financial tables of this press release. Non-GAAP net loss, which adjusts for selected unusual and non-cash items, was $8.4 million or $0.23 per share, for the first quarter of 2013, compared to non-GAAP net income of $9.0 million, or $0.24 per share, for the first quarter 2012.

Total gross profit margin for the first quarter of 2013 was 30% compared to 40% for the first quarter of 2012. Non-GAAP total gross profit margin for the first quarter of 2013 was 32%. For the first quarter of 2013, product margin was 24% and service margin was 50%. Product margin for the first quarter of 2013 was negatively impacted in part by non-cash items related to the acquisition of Appro and the weakening of the Japanese Yen.

Operating expenses for the first quarter of 2013 were $36.9 million, consistent with the prior year period. Non-GAAP operating expenses for the first quarter of 2013 were $35.2 million.

The first quarter of 2013 operating results included $2.8 million for depreciation. Non-cash, pre-tax items excluded for non-GAAP purposes for the first quarter of 2013 were $0.6 million for amortization of acquired and other intangibles, $1.0 million for purchase accounting adjustments, and $1.7 million for stock compensation expense.

As of March 31, 2013, cash and investments totaled $251 million compared to $323 million as of December 31, 2012. Working capital at the end of the first quarter was $283 million, unchanged compared to December 31, 2012.

“We had a solid first quarter,” said Peter Ungaro, president and CEO of Cray. “In HPC, our latest generation XC30 supercomputer is off to a strong start with a number of big wins and is shipping to customers around the world, and our new CS300 cluster is gaining traction. In Big Data, our storage and graph analytics offerings are continuing to make progress in this fast growing market. While we have a lot of work left to do in order to achieve our outlook, we remain on track to deliver strong revenue growth and I'm excited about our prospects for the rest of the year.”