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 ...

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 ...

With an eye on expanding its high-performance computer offerings, Cray Inc. said yesterday that it’s acquiring Burnaby, British Columbia-based OctigaBay Systems Corp. In an announcement, Seattle-based ...

Intel Corp. and Cray Inc. today said they have launched a joint effort to develop new multicore technologies as part of an effort to build multi-petascale systems. The chip manufacturer signed a ...

The key to Long's idea centered on four pieces of hardware found inside each Cray computer. Distinct from the computer's central processing unit, these pieces, when acting in concert, are ...

Learn what makes supercomputers so powerful and essential in today’s tech landscape. ExtremeTech breaks down the science. Discover supercomputing with us. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Cray Inc. said it's received a $30 million contract to install one of its XC30 supercomputers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Cray Inc. said it's received a $30 million contract to install ...

Click to open image viewer. This is a CRAY-1, an early example of a class of computers called "supercomputers." It was built by Cray Research, Inc. of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and installed at the ...

Cray plans to create a new supercomputing platform combining four types of processing capability in a blade server architecture. Cray Inc. plans to create a new supercomputing platform combining four ...