In 1976, Seymour Cray designed and Cay Research, Inc. released the Cray-1 supercomputer, said to be ten times more powerful than any other computer in the world. In 1985, the company released the Cray ...

A NASA performance comparison of the Cray-2 versus the rival Cray X-MP (also built by Cray Research, but based more directly ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a CRAY-1, an early example of ...

If you think of supercomputers, it is hard not to think of Seymour Cray. He built giant computers at Control Data Corporation and went on to build the famous Cray supercomputers. While those computers ...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) - A community celebration for what some call, a technology legend. Sunday would have been Seymour Cray’s 100th birthday, continuing to honor his work in supercomputer ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The U.S. Mint will feature Wisconsin's Cray-1 supercomputer on a $1 coin as part of the 2026 American Innovation program. The coin exhibits a stylized aerial view of the Cray-1 ...

Cray, the name of the Minnesotan who pioneered the supercomputer, will live on in high tech. After the news last week that Cray Inc. would be purchased by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, executives ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - "Big data" means big computers, and good news for Cray Inc. The pioneer of supercomputers in the 1970s stood on the brink of obscurity 20 years ago but is now surging back to ...

Seymour Cray, Jr. just wanted to make the world’s best supercomputer. So the idea to hire noted photographer Lee Friedlander to capture Cray Research at its peak in 1986 came from CEO John Rollwagen, ...

NELSON Richard K. “Dick”, A pioneering software engineer and founding developer of the supercomputer at Cray Research, passed away on April 12, 2025 at the age of 95 in Bloomington, MN. Dick, beloved ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Seattle-based supercomputer company Cray is aligning with ...