Seymour Roger Cray (September 28, 1925 – October 5, 1996) was a U.S. electrical engineer and supercomputer architect who founded the company Cray Research. For about 30 years, the short answer to the question "Which company makes the fastest computer?" was considered to be "Wherever Seymour Cray is working now."

Cray was born in 1925 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. His father was a civil engineer who fostered Cray's interest in science and engineering. As early as the age of ten he was able to build a device to convert punched paper tape into Morse code signals out of Erector Set components. The basement was given over to Cray as a "lab".

Cray graduated from high school in 1943 before being drafted for World War II as a radio operator. He saw action in Europe, and then moved to the Pacific theatre where he worked on breaking Japanese codes. On his return to the United States he received a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, graduating in 1950. He also was awarded a M.Sc in applied mathematics in 1951.

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The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late. Seymour Cray
InspiredMovemnt (Denette Carolina) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:23:45 -0000
The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late. Seymour Cray
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it. -Seymour Cray #quote
liliandabrai (Lilian Dabrai) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:33:21 -0000
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it. -Seymour Cray #quote
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it. -Seymour Cray #quote
liliandabrai (Lilian Dabrai) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:20:15 -0000
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it. -Seymour Cray #quote
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it. -Seymour Cray #quote
liliandabrai (Lilian Dabrai) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:05:37 -0000
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it. -Seymour Cray #quote
Parity is for farmers. -Seymour Cray #quote
Number1NetBiz (Ed Porter) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:08:43 -0000
Parity is for farmers. -Seymour Cray #quote

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