Cray Inc. () is a supercomputer manufacturer based in Seattle, Washington. The company's predecessor, Cray Research, Inc. (CRI), was founded in 1972 by computer designer Seymour Cray. Already a legend in his field by this time, Cray put his company on the map in 1976 with the release of the Cray-1 vector computer. Cray went on to form the spin-off Cray Computer Corporation (CCC), in 1989, which went bankrupt in 1995, while Cray Research was bought by SGI the next year. Cray Inc. was formed in 2000 when Tera Computer Company purchased the Cray Research business from SGI and adopted the name of its acquisition.
Company history
The Cray Research years
Seymour Cray began working in the computing field in
1950 when he joined
Engineering Research Associates (ERA) in
Saint Paul, Minnesota. There, he helped to create the
ERA 1103, regarded as the first successful scientific computer. ERA eventually became part of
UNIVAC, and started to be phased out. He left the company in
1960, a few years after some former ERA employees set up
Control Data Corporation (CDC). He eventually set up a lab at his home in
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, about 85 miles to the east. Cray left CDC in
1972 to form his own company, Cray Research, with research and development facilities in Chippewa Falls but with the business headquarters back in
Minneapolis.
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Cray Inc. - Official site for the supercomputers company. Includes details of products, job opportunities, and investor information.
A Seymour Cray Perspective - Slides from a technical presentation given by Gordon Bell of Microsoft Research.
Cray Supercomputer FAQ - An extensive set of questions and answers on topics such as Cray Supercomputer families and buying secondhand machines. Includes technical documents and anecdotes.
Meta Description: [ Cray Research Faq ]
Cray User Group - An independent, international consortium of organizations that own or use Cray or SGI computer systems. Includes membership details, announcements, conference details, and working group information.
CRAY-1 Hardware Reference Manual - The first 3 chapters of the CRAY RESEARCH CRAY-1 Hardware Reference Manual 2240004, Revision C.
Cray-Cyber - Free interactive access to historical supercomputers such as a Cray Y-MP EL running UNICOS or a Cyber 960 running NOS.
Meta Description: [ Free interactive access to old supercomputers such as the Cyber 960 and the Cray Y-MP EL ]
ExCray.com - Resource for alumni of Cray Research. Includes a database of members, free e-mail addresses, news, and a bulletin board.