Title : 
The Father of Supercomputing: Seymour Cray
         
        
            Author : 
Strawn, George ; Strawn, Candace
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Seymour Cray is universally known as the father of supercomputing. This article describes some of Cray´s many contributions to supercomputing as he worked in five different corporate environments from 1951 until his death.
         
        
            Keywords : 
mainframes; parallel machines; Seymour Cray; corporate environments; supercomputing; Computers; Cray, Seymour; Electronic publishing; History; Information services; Research and development; Supercomputers; Seymour Cray; history of computing; supercomputing;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
IT Professional
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MITP.2015.31