Cray
American supercomputer manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cray Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is an American supercomputer manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington.[2] It also manufactures systems for data storage and analytics.[6] Several Cray supercomputer systems are listed in the TOP500, which ranks the most powerful supercomputers in the world.[7]
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Founded | 1972; 52 years ago (1972) as Cray Research, Inc. (current corporate entity founded in 1987; 37 years ago (1987) as Tera Computer Company) |
Founder | Seymour Cray |
Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Key people | Peter Ungaro, CEO |
Products | Supercomputers |
Revenue | $455.9 million (2018) |
-$74.2 million (2018) | |
-$71.6 million (2018) | |
Total assets | $517.1 million (2018) |
Total equity | $343.3 million (2018) |
Number of employees | 1,282 (Dec 2015) |
Parent | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
Website | www |
Footnotes / references [1][2][3][4][5] |
Cray manufactures its products in part in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where its founder, Seymour Cray, was born and raised. The company also has offices in Bloomington, Minnesota (which have been converted to Hewlett Packard Enterprise offices), and numerous other sales, service, engineering, and R&D locations around the world.[8][9]
In 1972, the company's predecessor, Cray Research, Inc. (CRI), was founded by computer designer Seymour Cray.[10]
In 1989, Seymour Cray formed Cray Computer Corporation (CCC), which went bankrupt in 1995.
In 1996, Cray Research was acquired by Silicon Graphics (SGI).
In 2000, Cray Inc. was formed when Tera Computer Company purchased the Cray Research Inc. business from SGI and adopted the name of its acquisition.[11]
In 2019, the company was acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise for $1.3 billion.[12]