SAN FRANCISCO--Burton Smith, a longtime supercomputer designer and chief scientist at Cray, has resigned to take a position at Microsoft. Smith was a founder of Tera Computer, which in 2000 acquired ...

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 ...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has a shiny new toy. The information technology firm announced today that is spending $1.3 billion to acquire supercomputer manufacturer Cray. HPE, which is a business ...

In designing the proposed system, IBM will focus on advancing the state of supercomputer software, not just processor power. IBM and Cray will continue their work to develop the next generation of ...

WASHINGTON---The decision by Cray Research Inc. to abandon development of its most advanced supercomputer project has dealt a blow to the U.S. supercomputer industry and may set back researchers in ...

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 ...

It's official: Cray Inc. is moving more than 200 employees to downtown St. Paul. After months of speculation, the supercomputer company signed a 10 1/2-year lease last week for 51,100 square feet of ...

In the race for the most powerful computers, Fugaku, a Japanese supercomputer, recently beat American and Chinese machines. By Don Clark The price was relatively small, but the deal may have a big ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Cray Inc. cray said late Tuesday it has been awarded a $250 million contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a new supercomputer. The ...

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 ...