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1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
A HISTORY
Seymour Cray with a Cray-1 supercomputer
Seymour Cray with a Cray-2 supercomputer
Cray X-MP supercomputer
Cray T3D supercomputer
Cray SV1 supercomputer
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April 6, 1972 � Cray Research, Inc. (CRI) opens in Chippewa Falls, WI
1973 � Opens business headquarters in Bloomington, MN
1975 � Powers up first Cray-1™ supercomputer
1976 � Delivers first Cray-1 system (Los Alamos National Laboratory) � Issues first public stock offering � Receives first official customer order (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
1977 � Makes first international shipment
(European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) � Produces first commercially available automatic vectorizing compiler
1978 � Cray User Group (CUG) forms � Opens subsidiary in the UK
1979 � Opens subsidiaries in
Japan and Germany � Cray researcher
discovers 27th Mersenne prime on Cray-1 system
� Introduces Cray-1S™ supercomputer
2010 � Introduces Cray CX1000™ rack-mounted supercomputer � Launches Cray XE6™ supercomputer, next-generation MPP system
2011 � Introduces Cray XK6™ hybrid supercomputer, upgradeable to more than 50 petaflops � Enters integrated storage market with Cray Sonexion® data storage system � Wins $188M contract to provide supercomputer for National Science Foundation’s
Blue Waters project � Launches OpenACC™ parallel programming standard organization
2012 � Opens subsidiary in China � Forms YarcData™, a Cray company, focused on Big Data;
YarcData launches the uRiKA™ graph analytics appliance � Sells interconnect assets to Intel for $140M � Introduces Cray XK7™ hybrid supercomputer;
ORNL’s Cray XK7 “Titan” system named world’s fastest by TOP500 list � Launches Cray XC30™ supercomputer, next-generation system
capable of 100 petaflops
� Expands integrated storage product line with launch of Sonexion® 1600 system � Acquires leading cluster solutions developer Appro International
2000 � Tera Computer Company, of Seattle, acquires
certain CRAY technology and IP from Silicon Graphics, and the CRAY team from Silicon Graphics joins Tera. After the acquisition, Tera renames itself Cray Inc.
� Introduces Cray SV1ex™ supercomputer
2001 � Introduces Cray SX-6™ series � Launches Alpha Linux supercluster
systems
2002 � Introduces Cray X1™ supercomputer, first
system with 51 teraflops peak performance � Joins Russell 3000 Index � Signs $90M “Red Storm” contract with
Sandia National Laboratories
2004 � Acquires OctigaBay Systems � Introduces Cray XD1™, Cray XT3™ and Cray X1E™ supercomputers
2006 � Launches Cray XT4™ supercomputer � Launches massively multithreaded Cray XMT™ supercomputer � Exceeds 1 terabyte per second on HPCC benchmark test on Red Storm system � Wins $200M contract to deliver world’s largest supercomputer to
Oak Ridge National Laboratory � Signs $250M agreement to develop
breakthrough adaptive supercomputer with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
2007 � Wins $85M contract to provide
centerpiece system for UK’s HECToR project
� Opens development office in Austin � Launches Cray XT5™ supercomputer and
Cray XT5h™ hybrid supercomputer
2008 � Announces strategic partnership with Intel
on future supercomputing products � Launches Cray CX1™ deskside
supercomputer and partnership with Microsoft
� Cray XT™ system at ORNL breaks sustained petaflops barrier
2009 � Opens subsidiary in India � Launches Cray XTm™ midrange supercomputer series � Acquires PathScale compiler
suite assets from SiCortex � Cray XT5 system at ORNL named world’s fastest supercomputer
on TOP500® list � Introduces next-generation
Cray XT6™ supercomputer series
1990 � Introduces Cray XMS™ and Cray EL™ systems � Receives first Bell-Perfect award � Establishes Cray Europe
1991 � Ships 100th Cray Y-MP system
� Introduces Cray Y-MP 8™, Cray Y-MP EL™ and Cray Y-MP 4E™ systems
� Acquires Floating Point Systems, Inc.
� Introduces Cray C90™ supercomputer, first system with 1 gigaflops processor
1992 � Introduces Cray Y-MP M90™ and Cray S-MP™ superservers
� Cray researcher discovers 32nd Mersenne prime on Cray-2 system
� Releases first Fortran 90 compiler
1993 � Introduces Cray EL92™
and Cray EL98™ systems � Introduces Cray T3D™
massively parallel processing (MPP) system
1994 � Introduces Cray T90™ supercomputer, first wireless system � Acquires Savant Systems � Acquires Minnesota Supercomputing Center � Introduces Cray J90™ system � Cray researchers discover 33rd Mersenne prime on Cray C90 system
1995 � Introduces Cray T3E™ supercomputer, first to sustain 1 teraflops performance � Introduces Cray T94™ system
1996 � Cray researchers discover 34th
Mersenne prime on Cray T94 system
� Silicon Graphics purchases Cray Research
1998 � Develops multistreaming
compiler for Cray SV1™ supercomputer
� Tera introduces Tera MTA™ supercomputer, first multithreaded architecture system
1980 � Opens subsidiary in
France
1981 � Introduces Cray-2™
supercomputer and liquid cooling technology
1982 � Moves corporate office
to Minneapolis � Introduces SSD™ solid-
state storage device � Introduces Cray X-MP™
supercomputer, first multiprocessor system
� Introduces Cray-1M™ supercomputer
� Cray researcher discovers 28th Mersenne prime on Cray-1 system
1983 � Opens subsidiary in Canada � Scientists discover 29th Mersenne prime on
Cray X-MP system
1984 � Opens subsidiary in
Italy
1985 � Ships 100th
system � Opens subsidiaries in
Switzerland and Australia � Cray researcher discovers 30th
Mersenne prime on Cray X-MP system
1987 � Opens subsidiary in Spain � America’s Cup-winning yacht “Stars & Stripes”
designed on Cray X-MP system � Ships 200th system � Tera Computer Company founded
1988 � Opens subsidiaries in South Korea and India � Introduces Cray Y-MP™ supercomputer,
first to sustain 1 gigaflops � Ships 300th system
1989 � Cray-1 supercomputer enters Smithsonian Institute � Cray Blitz program beats chess grand master � Seymour Cray leaves CRI and forms
Cray Computer Corporation � Introduces Cray Y-MP 2E™ supercomputer,
first air-cooled system � Breaks sustained 1 gigaflops barrier with
Cray Y-MP system
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