Seymour Cray, peeking out from behind a Cray-1 supercomputer. Credit: Michael Hicks, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Like the CDC 6600, the Cray-1 relied on an unusual physical geometry.

Respectable, but today’s supercomputers routinely turn in sustained rates in the petaflop range, with some even faster. The Department of Energy announced they were turning to Cray to provide ...

Another Chinese system, which had been ranked No. 2, is the third most powerful supercomputer in the world. The supercomputer that previously held the No. 1 position, a Cray XT5 "Jaguar" system ...

What makes supercomputers interesting isn't just ... Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Cray's CDC 6600 ran at 10MHz, ...

the supercomputer will be built by American supercomputer manufacturer Cray, which announced the contract with the Department of Energy (DoE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA ...