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 ...

It's that time of the year again: TOP500 published its twice-annual list of the 500 fastest supercomputers in the world today, and it looks like China's Tianhe-2 is still on top -- and for the sixth ...

A plethora of notable early computers from the collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen are to be put up for auction. Auction house Christie's is putting up hundreds of items across three sales ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - "Big data" means big computers, and good news for Cray Inc. The pioneer of supercomputers in the 1970s stood on the brink of obscurity 20 years ago but is now surging back to ...

The Cray-1, released in 1976, was one of the most successful supercomputers of all time. The Freon-cooled computer was clocked at a heady 80MHz and capable of up to 250 megaflops -- much more than any ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The U.S. Mint will feature Wisconsin's Cray-1 supercomputer on a $1 coin as part of the 2026 American Innovation program. The coin exhibits a stylized aerial view of the Cray-1 ...

The Center for Computational Astrophysics at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has introduced the HPE Cray XD2000 system as a new supercomputer to replace the current dedicated ...