A collection of materials about Cray branded supercomputers
The 100th Machine ( which is a red XMP built in 85 ) about 55 Cray-1s were made. Celebration glasses with the inscription Celebrating 100 of the worlds fastest Computers March 1985 were issued and an all employee party was held. The 100th Cray XMP was SN225 in March 1987 From Cray Chips [ ]
Some installation and maintenance photos on the first X-MP SN318 at University of Kiel. ** A big thanks to Juergen Kreuels for the photos and recollections.** Cray Chips Notes 25/11/1987 Shipment has been made to the University of Kiel, West Germany, of CRAY X-MP system Serial 318. This is our tenth customer and eleventh [ ]
Situated in the west of Germany between Köln and Aachen close to the French Dutch borders is KFA Juelich now known as Forschungszentrum Jülich a supercomputer centre that has hosted Cray systems and others. Introducing themselves with the words .. The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich operates and develops supercomputers of the [ ]
Based in Hamberg, Germany DKRZ or Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH is high performance climate computing site with a long history of supercomputer deployments. An early user of CDC Cyber systems the site got its first Cray-2 system in November 1988. Following this a Cray-YMP4E followed in the early 90s. By 1995 the site had moved on [ ]
From Cray Chips TO THE LAND OF THE TROLLS 1986/12/11 For various reasons the route a system takes to reach its destination may be as individual as the computer s configuration. Hank Rosenbaum proved this on following Serial 411 to Norway. The path led by truck from Chippewa Falls to Minneapolis; by plane to Chicago and [ ]
Update 21 May 2026 The collection was seen (May 2026) for sale at an auction site in the UK. With Sales page here Listing Page captured here. Historic Cray Supercomputers Linked to GCHQ and Edinburgh University Head to Auction was Dan Goldsmith Dan Goldsmith has collected these Cray Research systems and kindly shared the [ ]
It s not often that the worlds of fashion and glamour intersect with the hard industrial process of creating a supercomputer. We are used to seeing how supercomputers have changed the world of engineering and technology but discovering this story during research into the 250 issues of Cray Chips was an unexpected angle. From this issue [ ]
After hearing a rumour that a Cray-2 went to Brazil I had a dig into the Archives then was reminded that co-conspirator Alistair had spent some time in Brazil and had some inside knowledge. Turns out no Cray-2 but a couple of later systems did service in Brazil. In Cray Chips from January [ ]
Decided to do a few posts in the Cray Supercomputer Fans Facebook group as the 12 Crays of Christmas enjoy. In approx order Cray-1 XMP Cray-2 YMP-M90 C90 T3E XT3 / Red Storm CS6400 EL * / J90 / SV1 later CX1 CS LV AC XT5h ( Black Widow) Cray-1, Serial Number 1 [ ]
Dag Spicer at the Computer History Museum writes . . I also wanted to share with you a unique Cray artefact we have on permanent display in our Supercomputing gallery (with a Cray-1 (S/N 6), Cray-2, and Cray-3. It’s called, “lLttle Character” (1958) and the story I was told about it was that it was Seymour’s [ ]