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Cray: History, Companies, Art & Measurement

Cray Inc. is an American supercomputer manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington. A subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, it also manufactures systems for data storage and analytics. As of June 2025, Cray supercomputer systems held the top three spots in the TOP500, which ranks the most powerful supercomputers in the world.

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Cray topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies, Art and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Cray.

Related topics
140
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
142
Extracted relationships
171
Concept neighborhoods
59
Bridge connections
142

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 132 topics
Overview · 8 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1972; 54 years ago (1972) as Cray Research, Inc. (current corporate entity founded in 1987; 39 years ago (1987) as Tera Computer Company)
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Founder
Seymour Cray
Key people
Peter Ungaro (CEO)
Net income
-$71.6 million (2018)
Number of employees
1,282 (Dec 2015)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Cray connects Entity context

The extracted context around Cray shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Cray → Cray Inc, Cray Research, Cray SV1, Cray's, Cray-developed HIPPI, In, In February, In May, In October, J90, Key, On March, Scalable Node, Seymour Cray, SGI, SGI Altix, SGI Origin, SGI's, Silicon Graphics, SMP Another extracted example is Cray → Boulder, CCC, CCC's, CDC, CEO, Chippewa Falls, Cold War, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Copying, Cray Computer Corporation, Cray Laboratories, Cray Research, Cray X-MP, Cray's, Cray-1, Cray-2, Cray-3, GaAs, He. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Cray

Top relations

related to Silicon Graphics ownership (1996–2000) · 36
Cray → Cray Inc, Cray Research, Cray SV1, Cray's, Cray-developed HIPPI, In, In February, In May, In October, J90, Key, On March, Scalable Node, Seymour Cray, SGI, SGI Altix, SGI Origin, SGI's, Silicon Graphics, SMP
related to Cray Research Inc. and Cray Computer Corporation (1972–1996) · 31
Cray → Boulder, CCC, CCC's, CDC, CEO, Chippewa Falls, Cold War, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Copying, Cray Computer Corporation, Cray Laboratories, Cray Research, Cray X-MP, Cray's, Cray-1, Cray-2, Cray-3, GaAs, He
related to Post-Tera merger (2000–2019) · 30
Cray → After, As, Canada, Cray Inc, Cray MTA-2, Cray SX-6, Cray X1, Energy's, In, In May, Isothermal Systems Research, ISR's, Mexico, NEC SX-6, November, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Previously, SGI, Since, SN2
related to Further reading · 21
Cray → ACM, Barkai, Boelie, Charles, CRC Press, David, Elzen, ISBN, John Wiley, Murray, New York, Seymour Cray, Sons, Supercomputer, Supercomputers, Supercomputing, Technical Wizards, The Seymour Cray Era, The Story, The Supermen
related to Founding (1950–1972) · 14
Cray → CDC, Chippewa Falls, Control Data Corporation, Engineering Research Associates, ERA, He, In, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Saint Paul, Seymour Cray, There, UNIVAC, Wisconsin
related to Subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (2019–) · 14
Cray → AI, EuroHPC, Finland, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPC, HPE, HPE Cray EX, HPE's, In October, Kajaani, LUMI, On September, Once, The
related to External links · 9
Cray → Companies, Computer History Museum, Computing HistoryCray Manuals, Cray Channels, Cray Research Marketing Materials, FAQ, History, Manuals Library, Official
Founded · 1
Cray → 1972; 54 years ago (1972) as Cray Research, Inc. (current corporate entity founded in 1987; 39 years ago (1987) as Tera Computer Company)
Founder · 1
Cray → Seymour Cray
Headquarters · 1
Cray → Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

system supercomputer inc research computer systems company processors announced enterprise new supercomputers first national machines also seymour hewlett packard architecture

Cray relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 171 structured relationships around Cray. Examples in this analysis include Cray → Founded → 1972; 54 years ago (1972) as Cray Research, Inc. (current corporate entity founded in 1987; 39 years ago (1987) as Tera Computer Company) and Cray → Founder → Seymour Cray. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CrayFounded1972; 54 years ago (1972) as Cray Research, Inc. (current corporate entity founded in 1987; 39 years ago (1987) as Tera Computer Company)1.00infobox
CrayFounderSeymour Cray1.00infobox
CrayHeadquartersSeattle, Washington, U.S.1.00infobox
CrayKey peoplePeter Ungaro (CEO)1.00infobox
CrayNet income-$71.6 million (2018)1.00infobox
CrayNumber of employees1,282 (Dec 2015)1.00infobox
CrayOperating income-$74.2 million (2018)1.00infobox
CrayParentHewlett Packard Enterprise1.00infobox
CrayProductsSupercomputers1.00infobox
CrayRevenue$455.9 million (2018)1.00infobox
CrayTotal assets$517.1 million (2018)1.00infobox
CrayTotal equity$343.3 million (2018)1.00infobox
CrayTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
CrayWebsitehpe.com/us/en/compute/hpc/cray.html1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Cray bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Announced, Research and System. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Cray
    • Announced
    • Research
    • System
    • Supercomputer
    • Inc
    • New
    • Computer
    • Seymour
    • Also
    • Supercomputers
    • National
    • Company
  • cray
    • Announced
    • Research
    • System
    • Supercomputer
    • Inc
    • New
    • Computer
    • Seymour
    • Also
    • Supercomputers
    • National
    • Company
  • seymour cray
    • Announced
    • Research
    • Supercomputers
    • System
    • Supercomputer
    • Inc
    • Subsidiary
    • New
    • Computer
    • Tera
    • Seymour
    • Also
  • tera computer company
    • Inc
    • Acquired
    • Tera
    • Computer
    • Seymour
    • Research
    • Hewlett
    • Packard
    • Subsidiary
    • Corporation
    • Enterprise
    • Project
  • cray x-mp
    • Announced
    • Research
    • System
    • Supercomputer
    • Inc
    • New
    • Computer
    • Seymour
    • Also
    • Supercomputers
    • National
    • Company
  • cray y-mp
    • Announced
    • Research
    • System
    • Supercomputer
    • Inc
    • New
    • Computer
    • Seymour
    • Also
    • Supercomputers
    • National
    • Company
  • cray c90
    • Announced
    • Research
    • System
    • Supercomputer
    • Inc
    • New
    • Computer
    • Seymour
    • Also
    • Supercomputers
    • National
    • Company
  • cray t90
    • Announced
    • Research
    • System
    • Supercomputer
    • Inc
    • New
    • Computer
    • Seymour
    • Also
    • Supercomputers
    • National
    • Company

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Cray, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Cray with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Cray — History · splits 10 ⟂ 133
Cray — Overview · splits 134 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

Cray

Nodes143
Edges142
Triples171
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013986
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Cray to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies, Art & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Cray · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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