A few notes about Crays at Boeing inspired by this FB post in “Cray Pioneers” Greg Woodman Posted a day ago Dec 2024 · I attended a Boeing HPC reunion lunch yesterday. Cray was a vendor to them for 30+ years. Cray 1, 1S xmp,ymp,T90,X1. They are so proud that they supported and influenced Cray […]
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The Cray Channels magazine provides some insight into the customer and applications that used Cray Research Supecomputers. The Corporate Register section often listed customer orders and installation of Cray systems around the world. These have been extracted and are presented here for review. Further data analysis can be found on the Cray Channels Organisation page.
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I am a big fan of the 1997 Thrust SSC project and the current BloodHound SSC project. For the sheer engineering daring and boldness of ambition. For the mission to promote engineering and science as a profession and push back the frontiers of the possible. Here is the Cray Channels 1997 write up of the aerodynamic study
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What are the Cray Research connections with Apple Computers ? Cray XMP/48 with Apple SE inside (c)1987 John Greenleigh Cray Research and Apple Computers, seemly at opposite ends of the computer price spectrum, do have some subtle historical links. It is well known that Seymour Cray used an Apple desktop when designing Cray Computer Corp
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