Cray's first supercomputer was the CDC 6600 in 1964.
The IBM 7030 Stretch (1961), UNIVAC LARC (1960), and IBM NORC (1954) supercomputers had preceded it but few of them were ever made and they were not really considered very successful.
Seymour Cray, is credited with creating the first super computer. Seymour Cray's companies made the initial and only super computers for many years. Supercomputers now have tens of thousands of processors and are capable of solving problems extremely quickly.
The first Cray supercomputer (Cray 1) was installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, CA in 1976. Components were built in Chippewa Falls, WI and moved to California for final assembly.
The first 4 machines commonly considered supercomputers are:IBM NORCUnivac LARCIBM Stretch 7030CDC 6600Except for the CDC 6600, invented by Seymour Cray, none of these had a single definite inventor.
Seymour Cray was an American electrical engineer and supercomputer architect. He is best known for designing and developing several high-performance supercomputers, including the Cray-1, Cray-2, and Cray-3. Cray's innovations greatly helped advance the field of high-performance computing and revolutionized the capabilities of scientific and engineering simulations.
Supercomputers were introduced in the 1960s and were designed primarily by Seymour Cray at Control Data Corporation (CDC), and later at Cray Research
Seymour Cray invented supercomputer. In 1960s a series of computers at Control Data Corporation (CDC) were designed by Seymour Cray to use innovative designs and parallelism to achieve superior computational peak performance. The CDC 6600, released in 1964, is generally considered the first supercomputer.
Seymour Cray, is credited with creating the first super computer. Seymour Cray's companies made the initial and only super computers for many years. Supercomputers now have tens of thousands of processors and are capable of solving problems extremely quickly.
It is a matter of definition, but anyway in the 1960's.
Seymour Cray used the Chippewa laboratory when he designed the first supercomputer. He had a $5 million budget to do it.
Seymour Cray was born on September 28, 1925.
Seymour Cray was born on September 28, 1925.
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Seymour Cray died on October 5, 1996 at the age of 71.
The first Cray supercomputer (Cray 1) was installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, CA in 1976. Components were built in Chippewa Falls, WI and moved to California for final assembly.
High performance computing has evolved in stages and there was no specific criterion that defined the first supercomputer. That said, most professionals consider Seymour Cray to be the father of the modern supercomputer. He was an engineer and designer for Control Data Corporation (CDC) computer system that dramatically enhanced computing in the 1960s and 1970s and he subsequently formed the company named Cray Research specifically to create new supercomputers. Many people consider the CDC 6600 built in 1963 to be the first supercomputer. Whether one thinks it was or perhaps thinks a later machine should have the title, it matters little because for almost three decades, the fastest computers in the world were designed largely by Seymour Cray. This ended with his unexpected demise in 1996. His company, Cray Research, continues to be a dynamic force in high performance computing.
Seymour Cray was born on September 28, 1925 and died on October 5, 1996. Seymour Cray would have been 71 years old at the time of death or 89 years old today.
The first 4 machines commonly considered supercomputers are:IBM NORCUnivac LARCIBM Stretch 7030CDC 6600Except for the CDC 6600, invented by Seymour Cray, none of these had a single definite inventor.