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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON, D.C. — A company founded in the Chippewa Valley is being honored as Wisconsin’s entry in the American Innovation ...

One of those '80s sci-fi movies you've probably never watched, Disney's "The Last Starfighter" is perhaps not best known for the storyline. One of the first movies to use computer generated imagery ...

Cray announced on Thursday a new supercomputer that will leave its fastest counterparts in the dust. The maker of supercomputers, based in Seattle, says its X1 will offer up to 52.4 teraflops, or ...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced that it would acquire supercomputer company Cray for $1.3 billion in a cash offer. This is a big move by HPE to boost its position in the ...

Cray, that maker of supercomputers from days of yore, has decided to jump into the biggest superschlong computer contest, creating a machine it has given the prosaic name of “Baker.” The company ...