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Seymour Roger Cray (September 28, 1925 – October 5, 1996) was an American electrical engineer 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.
Seymour Cray (born September 28, 1925, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.—died October 5, 1996, Colorado Springs, Colorado) was an American electronics engineer and computer designer who was the preeminent designer of the large high-speed computers known as supercomputers.
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Jul 28, 2017 · Learn about the life and work of Seymour Cray, the pioneer of supercomputer design, who created the CDC 7600 and the Cray-1. See photos and videos of his innovative and aesthetically pleasing machines.
Oct 6, 1996 · Seymour R. Cray, a computer industry pioneer and the father of the supercomputer, died yesterday at a hospital near his home in Colorado Springs. He was 71 and had been in the hospital since an...
Learn about Seymour Cray, the "father of supercomputing", who designed the fastest computers in the world for decades and founded Cray Research. Discover his design philosophy, achievements, and legacy in this biography.
Sep 14, 2017 · Seymour Cray, father of supercomputing, was a quiet man from Wisconsin who lived where he wanted to live, worked how he needed to work, challenged bureaucracy when it hindered progress, and, when necessary, humbly started over.
In 1972, Seymour Cray founded Cray Research to design and build the world's highest performance general-purpose supercomputers. His Cray-1 computer established a new standard in supercomputing upon its introduction in 1976.
