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| − | '''Seymour Cray''' was an American computer engineer who designed several of the most important [[supercomputer]]s of the last third of the | + | '''Seymour Cray''' was an American computer engineer who designed several of the most important [[supercomputer]]s of the last third of the 20th Century, including the [[CDC 6600]] and the [[Cray-1]]. |
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| + | After the announcement of the 6600, Thomas Watson Jr. of [[IBM]] famously sent out a querulous memo, asking how CDC had managed to build a faster computer than IBM, with a smaller staff; to which Cray reportedly laconically replied "It seems like Mr. Watson has answered his own question." | ||
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051027005714/http://www.cwheroes.org/archives/histories/Cray.pdf Seymour Cray Oral History] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051027005714/http://www.cwheroes.org/archives/histories/Cray.pdf Seymour Cray Oral History] | ||
| + | * [https://history.computer.org/pioneers/pdfs/C/Cray.pdf Seymour R. Cray] - brief biography at the IEEE Computer Society | ||
| + | * [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/10/07/seymour-cray-the-man-with-gigabytes-of-genius/a8f988cc-f35c-4b22-9096-bafee4c355d4/ Seymour Cray: The Man With Gigabytes Of Genius] - interesting obituary article | ||
| + | * [https://images.computerhistory.org/revonline/images/500004285-03-01.jpg?w=600 Memorandum] - Watson's famous memo on the CDC 6600 | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:15, 4 November 2024
Seymour Cray was an American computer engineer who designed several of the most important supercomputers of the last third of the 20th Century, including the CDC 6600 and the Cray-1.
After the announcement of the 6600, Thomas Watson Jr. of IBM famously sent out a querulous memo, asking how CDC had managed to build a faster computer than IBM, with a smaller staff; to which Cray reportedly laconically replied "It seems like Mr. Watson has answered his own question."
Further reading
- Charles J. Murray, The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997
External links
- Seymour Cray Oral History
- Seymour R. Cray - brief biography at the IEEE Computer Society
- Seymour Cray: The Man With Gigabytes Of Genius - interesting obituary article
- Memorandum - Watson's famous memo on the CDC 6600
