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Seymour Cray
Seymour Roger Cray was an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, mathematician, and supercomputer architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades, and founded Cray Research, which built many of these machines. Called "the father of supercomputing", Cray has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry. Joel S. Birnbaum, then chief te…
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business · American supercomputer architect (1925–1996) · engineer · computer scientist · electrical engineer · applied mathematician · businessperson · also Seymour Cray, Seymour R. Cray, Seymour Roger Cray, Cray
Born 28 September 1925 · Died 5 October 1996 · Q92765
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2026· 2 entries
Madison.com: Wisconsin Originals: The ‘father of supercomputing,’ Seymour Cray, built his legacy in Chippewa Falls
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2024· 1 entry
Hackaday: Remembering Seymour Cray
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2019· 1 entry
Hackaday: Seymour Cray, Father Of The Supercomputer
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2015· 1 entry
IPWatchdog: Seymour Cray, the father of supercomputers and vector processing
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (1997).
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1996· 4 entries
Died 1996-10-05.
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Two weeks after the accident and one week after his 71st birthday
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Cray died of his injuries on October 5, 1996, two weeks after the accident and one week after his 71st birthday.
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“Me hablo a mí mismo a través del ordenador. Me hago preguntas, dejo las cosas para después revisarlas de nuevo, como lo haría con un bloc de notas. Resulta que hoy en día es mucho mejor hacerlo con un ordenador personal que con un bloc de notas.”
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1995· 1 entry
There had been no further sales of the Cray-3, and the ending of the Cold War made it unlikely anyone would buy enough Cray-4s to offer a return on the development funds
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1989· 2 entries
Awarded Eckert–Mauchly Award (1989).
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Cray was faced with a repeat of history when the Cray-3 started to run into difficulties
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1988· 2 entries
At Supercomputing '88 in Orlando, FL, University Video Communications
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Moved the Cray-3 project from Chippewa Falls to a laboratory in Colorado Springs, Colorado
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1979· 1 entry
Won Howard N. Potts Medal (1979).
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1976· 1 entry
And that summer the first full system was sold to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) for $8
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (1972).
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded W. Wallace McDowell Award (1968).
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1963· 1 entry
In a Business Week article announcing the CDC 6600, Seymour Cray clearly expressed an idea that is often misattributed to Herb Grosch as so-called Grosch's law:
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1960· 1 entry
Cray had already moved on to designing other computers
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1957· 1 entry
Founded a new company, Control Data Corporation
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1950· 1 entry
Cray joined Engineering Research Associates (ERA) in Saint Paul, Minnesota
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1943· 1 entry
Before being drafted for World War II as a radio operator
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1925· 2 entries
Born 1925-09-28.
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In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, to Seymour R
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