Cray

Cray Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972) as
Cray Research, Inc. (current corporate entity founded in 1987; 37 years ago (1987) as Tera Computer Company)
FounderSeymour Cray
HeadquartersSeattle, Washington, U.S.
Key people
Peter Ungaro (CEO)
ProductsSupercomputers
RevenueIncrease $455.9 million (2018)
Decrease -$74.2 million (2018)
Increase -$71.6 million (2018)
Total assetsDecrease $517.1 million (2018)
Total equityDecrease $343.3 million (2018)
Number of employees
1,282 (Dec 2015)
ParentHewlett Packard Enterprise
Websitecray.com
Footnotes / references
[1][2][3][4][5]

Cray Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is an American supercomputer manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington.[2] It also manufactures systems for data storage and analytics.[6] Several Cray supercomputer systems are listed in the TOP500, which ranks the most powerful supercomputers in the world.[7]

In 1972, the company was founded by computer designer Seymour Cray as Cray Research, Inc., and it continues to manufacture parts in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Cray was born and raised.[8][9][10] After being acquired by Silicon Graphics in 1996, the modern company was formed after being purchased in 2000 by Tera Computer Company, which adopted the name Cray Inc.[11] In 2019, the company was acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise for $1.3 billion.[12]

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  2. ^ a b "CRAY INC 2015 Annual Report Form (10-K)" (XBRL). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. February 19, 2015.
  3. ^ "CRAY INC 2014 Annual Report Form (10-K)" (XBRL). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. February 19, 2015.
  4. ^ "High Performance Computing". Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  5. ^ "Press Release | Cray Inc. Reports 2017 Full Year and Fourth Quarter Financial Results | Cray Investors: Press Releases". investors.cray.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  6. ^ Kardashian, Kirk (August 5, 2015). "Could a 'Moneyball' approach help VCs improve their success rate?". Fortune.
  7. ^ "TOP500 Supercomputer Sites". TOP500.
  8. ^ "Cray, Form S-3, Filing Date Jan 6, 2003". secdatabase.com.
  9. ^ "Where We Are & What We Do: Locations & Products". Cray Inc. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  10. ^ "Worldwide Sales and Service: Contact Information". Cray Inc. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  11. ^ "Cray, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Apr 17, 2000". secdatabase.com.
  12. ^ "HPE is buying Cray for $1.3 billion". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 22, 2020.