Cray-1

Computing

This Cray-1 PC Replica Has 200,000 Times The Power Of The Original Cray-1

4:51AM August 3, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

The Cray-1 was the fastest supercomputer in 1976. Today, even the iPad dwarfs its humble 133 megaflops and a fast PC can easily surpass 100 gigaflops. This Cray-1 replica houses two PCs, but it looks as good as the original: More »


Computing

Cray-1: The Super Computer

6:00PM July 19, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Seymour Cray’s big super computer was crazy. It’s signals between components had to be timed by trimming long cables up to 1/16th of an inch at a time by hand and was basically interwoven with a giant refrigeration system. More »