Dag Spicer at the Computer History Museum writes .…. I also wanted to share with you a unique Cray artefact we have on permanent display in our Supercomputing gallery (with a Cray-1 (S/N 6), Cray-2, and Cray-3. It’s called, “lLttle Character” (1958) and the story I was told about it was that it was Seymour’s
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Sunday 28th September 2025 would have been Seymour Cray’ 100th Birthday. Various events were held in the UK and USA. A talk was presented in the UK at The Nation Museum of Computing and open houses were held at Chippewa Falls museum of Industry and Technology and Chippewa Area History Centre. Talk recording here The
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The series of Cray systems that went to Sweden started with Cray-1 SN9 later to be replaced by XMP SN206 and others. Unusually the system was shared between The University at Linkoping and Saab-Scania using the Multi Level Security features of Unicos. Work on Jets, cars and trucks was completed. from Auto Week in 1987
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April 2025 Update: Unfortunately, our computer science gallery is not on display at the moment. Our museum is undergoing a large renovation, and we already re-opened the first part with 19 new galleries in 2022. But the second half of the building will be under construction for at least 5 more years. Therefore Cray-1 has
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This page is dedicated to Cray related mugshots. See the other page for general memorabilia. Send your mugshots and glassware pictures to the usual site contact details to be added here. Some of these photos were found on eBay, their appearance here does not imply that they are the original item.
This large tech museum in Padaborn Germany has SN2o18 Cray-2 on display. Editor note: SN2018 is currently listed as having previously worked at National Energy Research Supercomputer Center (NERSC) @ Lawrence Berkeley Livermore Labratory and Internal machine at Cray Research, Inc (CRI). Not sure how it ended up in Europe unless it did some time
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Musée Bolo Located in Lausanne Switzerland This museum has the Cray machines that were previously in service at site EPFL. Including a Cray-1, Cray-XMP, Cray-2, T3D and XT4. These photos from an exhibition in 2022 after the restoration using materials from the original maker Naugahyde. “The Cray X-MP/48, once used at CERN, as well as the
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Fifty years of Cray supercomputers was celebrated with a virtual tour hosted by TNMOC in UK on 6th April 2022 This virtual talk explored the physical and logical structure of Cray-1 SN34, peaking ‘under the covers’ of this remarkable machine. The talk also illuminates how these machines evolved and sample some of what was achieved
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Old Site link Living Computer Museum was at : 2245 First Ave South Seattle, WA 98134 Tel: +1 206-342-2020 The museum and lab are now closed and the collection dispersed. Cray-1 Believed to be SN12 previously at the Minnesota supercomputer centre. Cray-2 Believed to be SN2021 previously installed at Minnesota supercomputer centre owned
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Lots of folks have a few treasures tucked away from our days working with or for Cray. This and the Cray mug shot page are the places where such pictures will be posted 🙂 Send us your photos to be posted here. See the catalogs at the end of the post. Some mousemats ( remember
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The National Centre for Atmospheric Research NCAR/UCAR in Colorado has a long association with Cray supercomputers. Starting in 1977 with the Cray-1 SN3 the site invested in some the best supercomputers available. More recently a Cray Petaflop class machines will be used to explore climate research. In 2024 the site has commissioned Derecho a 19
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A few links to videos of interest to Cray-History visitors. Most of these are created by the Computer History Museum. What’s All This About Gallium Arsenide?, lecture by Seymour Cray at Super computing 1988 includes industry history. The CRAY T3D Massively Parallel Processing System, lecture by Stephen Nelson and Steven Oberlin Cray Research – A
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The first of a kind always holds special interest for historians and serial number one, the first Cray-1 computer system is no exception. Made in 1976 this machine, really just the prototype but proved it’s worth at 6 sites paving the way for early sales of Cray Research Supercomputers. Serial Number 1 World Traveller From Cray
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The Chippewa Falls museum of Industry and Technology is of particular interest to followers of supercomputing technology. The museum located in home town of supercomputer maker Cray Research and holds the assets of the original Cray Corporate Computer museum. Included in the collection is Serial Number 1, the first Cray-1 supercomputer and Serial Number 101
A .pdf about the Computer museum of America in Roswell, North of Atlanta GA. Hosts a substantial collection of Cray and other systems. This is a great place to see a range of different computers that Cray Research delivered to customers. Also houses a range of computer artefacts and interpretation displays. Bring the kids, bring
