• DocumentCode
    12504
  • Title

    The Father of Supercomputing: Seymour Cray

  • Author

    Strawn, George ; Strawn, Candace

  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Mar.-Apr. 2015
  • Firstpage
    58
  • Lastpage
    60
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IT Professional
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1520-9202
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MITP.2015.31
  • Filename
    7077260