The Cray-1, released in 1976, was one of the most successful supercomputers of all time. The Freon-cooled computer was clocked at a heady 80MHz and capable of up to 250 megaflops -- much more than any ...

A plethora of notable early computers from the collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen are to be put up for auction. Auction house Christie's is putting up hundreds of items across three sales ...

A historically significant supercomputer has gone up for auction. The first Cray T3D ever produced, serial number 6001, was recently listed by The Saleroom with opening bids from £60,000 (~$81,000) ...

In 1976, Seymour Cray designed and Cay Research, Inc. released the Cray-1 supercomputer, said to be ten times more powerful than any other computer in the world. In 1985, the company released the Cray ...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced that it would acquire supercomputer company Cray for $1.3 billion in a cash offer. This is a big move by HPE to boost its position in the ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - "Big data" means big computers, and good news for Cray Inc. The pioneer of supercomputers in the 1970s stood on the brink of obscurity 20 years ago but is now surging back to ...

One of those '80s sci-fi movies you've probably never watched, Disney's "The Last Starfighter" is perhaps not best known for the storyline. One of the first movies to use computer generated imagery ...