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A History of Supercomputers

First Supercomputer: CDC 6600 The CDC 6600, introduced by the Control Data Corporation, usually gets the nod as the first ...
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The U.S. Mint will feature Wisconsin's Cray-1 supercomputer on a $1 coin as part of the 2026 American Innovation program. The coin exhibits a stylized aerial view of the Cray-1 ...
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 ...
Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAY) announced the launch of the Cray® Urika®-XC analytics software suite, bringing graph analytics, deep learning, and robust big data analytics tools ...
When you think of a supercomputer, what do you see in your mind's eye? A gigantic mainframe like ENIAC? A sinister emergent intelligence like HAL? Buildings full of GPUs, or maybe a single massive ...
New supercomputing portfolio features direct liquid-cooled multi-partner, multi-workload blades, unified management software and modern, high-performance interconnect to help customers achieve ...
Cray Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAY) announced the results of a deep learning collaboration between Cray, Microsoft, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) that expands the horizons of running deep ...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois says Seattle-based Cray Inc. will take over construction of the stalled $300 million Blue Waters supercomputer project, three months after IBM pulled ...
A 17.7 petaflops supercomputer will be installed at the Navy DoD Supercomputing Resource Center at the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. Named Blueback after an eponymous US Navy submarine, the HPE ...
When you think of supercomputers, you probably think of vast air-controlled rooms crammed full of cabinets and illuminated by banks of flashing LEDs. The first Cray supercomputer, for instance, cost ...