1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

A HISTORY

Seymour Cray with a Cray-1 supercomputer

Seymour Cray with a Cray-2 supercomputer

Cray X-MP supercomputer

Cray T3D supercomputer

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April 6, 1972 � Cray Research, Inc. (CRI) opens in Chippewa Falls, WI

1973 � Opens business headquarters in Bloomington, MN

1975 � Powers up first Cray-1™ supercomputer

1976 � Delivers first Cray-1 system (Los Alamos National Laboratory) � Issues first public stock offering � Receives first official customer order (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

1977 � Makes first international shipment

(European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) � Produces first commercially available automatic vectorizing compiler

1978 � Cray User Group (CUG) forms � Opens subsidiary in the UK

1979 � Opens subsidiaries in

Japan and Germany � Cray researcher

discovers 27th Mersenne prime on Cray-1 system

� Introduces Cray-1S™ supercomputer

2010 � Introduces Cray CX1000™ rack-mounted supercomputer � Launches Cray XE6™ supercomputer, next-generation MPP system

2011 � Introduces Cray XK6™ hybrid supercomputer, upgradeable to more than 50 petaflops � Enters integrated storage market with Cray Sonexion® data storage system � Wins $188M contract to provide supercomputer for National Science Foundation’s

Blue Waters project � Launches OpenACC™ parallel programming standard organization

2012 � Opens subsidiary in China � Forms YarcData™, a Cray company, focused on Big Data;

YarcData launches the uRiKA™ graph analytics appliance � Sells interconnect assets to Intel for $140M � Introduces Cray XK7™ hybrid supercomputer;

ORNL’s Cray XK7 “Titan” system named world’s fastest by TOP500 list � Launches Cray XC30™ supercomputer, next-generation system

capable of 100 petaflops

� Expands integrated storage product line with launch of Sonexion® 1600 system � Acquires leading cluster solutions developer Appro International

2000 � Tera Computer Company, of Seattle, acquires

certain CRAY technology and IP from Silicon Graphics, and the CRAY team from Silicon Graphics joins Tera. After the acquisition, Tera renames itself Cray Inc.

� Introduces Cray SV1ex™ supercomputer

2001 � Introduces Cray SX-6™ series � Launches Alpha Linux supercluster

systems

2002 � Introduces Cray X1™ supercomputer, first

system with 51 teraflops peak performance � Joins Russell 3000 Index � Signs $90M “Red Storm” contract with

Sandia National Laboratories

2004 � Acquires OctigaBay Systems � Introduces Cray XD1™, Cray XT3™ and Cray X1E™ supercomputers

2006 � Launches Cray XT4™ supercomputer � Launches massively multithreaded Cray XMT™ supercomputer � Exceeds 1 terabyte per second on HPCC benchmark test on Red Storm system � Wins $200M contract to deliver world’s largest supercomputer to

Oak Ridge National Laboratory � Signs $250M agreement to develop

breakthrough adaptive supercomputer with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

2007 � Wins $85M contract to provide

centerpiece system for UK’s HECToR project

� Opens development office in Austin � Launches Cray XT5™ supercomputer and

Cray XT5h™ hybrid supercomputer

2008 � Announces strategic partnership with Intel

on future supercomputing products � Launches Cray CX1™ deskside

supercomputer and partnership with Microsoft

� Cray XT™ system at ORNL breaks sustained petaflops barrier

2009 � Opens subsidiary in India � Launches Cray XTm™ midrange supercomputer series � Acquires PathScale compiler

suite assets from SiCortex � Cray XT5 system at ORNL named world’s fastest supercomputer

on TOP500® list � Introduces next-generation

Cray XT6™ supercomputer series

1990 � Introduces Cray XMS™ and Cray EL™ systems � Receives first Bell-Perfect award � Establishes Cray Europe

1991 � Ships 100th Cray Y-MP system

� Introduces Cray Y-MP 8™, Cray Y-MP EL™ and Cray Y-MP 4E™ systems

� Acquires Floating Point Systems, Inc.

� Introduces Cray C90™ supercomputer, first system with 1 gigaflops processor

1992 � Introduces Cray Y-MP M90™ and Cray S-MP™ superservers

� Cray researcher discovers 32nd Mersenne prime on Cray-2 system

� Releases first Fortran 90 compiler

1993 � Introduces Cray EL92™

and Cray EL98™ systems � Introduces Cray T3D™

massively parallel processing (MPP) system

1994 � Introduces Cray T90™ supercomputer, first wireless system � Acquires Savant Systems � Acquires Minnesota Supercomputing Center � Introduces Cray J90™ system � Cray researchers discover 33rd Mersenne prime on Cray C90 system

1995 � Introduces Cray T3E™ supercomputer, first to sustain 1 teraflops performance � Introduces Cray T94™ system

1996 � Cray researchers discover 34th

Mersenne prime on Cray T94 system

� Silicon Graphics purchases Cray Research

1998 � Develops multistreaming

compiler for Cray SV1™ supercomputer

� Tera introduces Tera MTA™ supercomputer, first multithreaded architecture system

1980 � Opens subsidiary in

France

1981 � Introduces Cray-2™

supercomputer and liquid cooling technology

1982 � Moves corporate office

to Minneapolis � Introduces SSD™ solid-

state storage device � Introduces Cray X-MP™

supercomputer, first multiprocessor system

� Introduces Cray-1M™ supercomputer

� Cray researcher discovers 28th Mersenne prime on Cray-1 system

1983 � Opens subsidiary in Canada � Scientists discover 29th Mersenne prime on

Cray X-MP system

1984 � Opens subsidiary in

Italy

1985 � Ships 100th

system � Opens subsidiaries in

Switzerland and Australia � Cray researcher discovers 30th

Mersenne prime on Cray X-MP system

1987 � Opens subsidiary in Spain � America’s Cup-winning yacht “Stars & Stripes”

designed on Cray X-MP system � Ships 200th system � Tera Computer Company founded

1988 � Opens subsidiaries in South Korea and India � Introduces Cray Y-MP™ supercomputer,

first to sustain 1 gigaflops � Ships 300th system

1989 � Cray-1 supercomputer enters Smithsonian Institute � Cray Blitz program beats chess grand master � Seymour Cray leaves CRI and forms

Cray Computer Corporation � Introduces Cray Y-MP 2E™ supercomputer,

first air-cooled system � Breaks sustained 1 gigaflops barrier with

Cray Y-MP system