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Cray

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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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)

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Cray

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Cray

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related to Silicon Graphics ownership (1996–2000) · 36
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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.

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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

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