[Beowulf] Semour Cray 90th Anniversary

James Cownie jcownie at gmail.com
Sun Oct 4 03:59:57 PDT 2015


> Are cray computers still made, and how popular are they? How pricey are they? :)
Indeed the company still exists at the obvious URL.

> How pricey are they? :)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2014/new-hpc <http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2014/new-hpc> suggest you can pay £97m :-)

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> On 3 Oct 2015, at 18:54, Nathan Pimental <nathansaint1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Very nice article. Are cray computers still made, and how popular are they? How pricey are they? :)
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> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 11:42 AM, John Hearns <John.Hearns at xma.co.uk <mailto:John.Hearns at xma.co.uk>> wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/02/seymour_cray_90_anniversary/ <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/02/seymour_cray_90_anniversary/>
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