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 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A company founded in the Chippewa Valley is being honored as Wisconsin’s entry in the American Innovation series of $1 coins. The series, which dates to 2018, honors people and ...

Next year’s shaping up to be a big year in United States coinage, one that will be a little more special for Wisconsin. The U.S. Mint’s American Innovation $1 coin series will include a Wisconsin coin ...

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 ...

Cray, the name of the Minnesotan who pioneered the supercomputer, will live on in high tech. After the news last week that Cray Inc. would be purchased by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, executives ...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) - A community celebration for what some call, a technology legend. Sunday would have been Seymour Cray’s 100th birthday, continuing to honor his work in supercomputer ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a CRAY-1, an early example of ...

Seymour Cray, Jr. just wanted to make the world’s best supercomputer. So the idea to hire noted photographer Lee Friedlander to capture Cray Research at its peak in 1986 came from CEO John Rollwagen, ...

Supercomputing is all about pushing out the leading edge of computer speed and performance. The sports metaphors that arise as research sites compete to create the fastest supercomputer sometimes ...

Supercomputer maker Cray Inc. and Japanese rival NEC Corp. have buried the hatchet and signed an agreement under which Cray will sell NEC’s vector supercomputers in the U.S. and the two companies will ...

NELSON Richard K. “Dick”, A pioneering software engineer and founding developer of the supercomputer at Cray Research, passed away on April 12, 2025 at the age of 95 in Bloomington, MN. Dick, beloved ...