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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1972 as Cray Research, Inc. (current corporate entity founded in 1987 as Tera Computer Company) |
| Founder | Seymour Cray |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Key people | Peter Ungaro, CEO |
| Products | Supercomputers |
| Revenue |  $455.9 million (2018) |
Operating income |  -$74.2 million (2018) |
Net income | -$71.6 million (2018) |
| Total assets | $517.1 million (2018) |
| Total equity | $343.3 million (2018) |
Number of employees | 1,282 (Dec 2015) |
| Parent | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| Website | www |
| 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]
Cray manufactures its products in part in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where its founder, Seymour Cray, was born and raised. The company also has offices in Bloomington, Minnesota (which have been converted to Hewlett Packard Enterprise offices), and numerous other sales, service, engineering, and R&D locations around the world.[8][9]
In 1972, the company's predecessor, Cray Research, Inc. (CRI), was founded by computer designer Seymour Cray.[10]
In 1989, Seymour Cray formed Cray Computer Corporation (CCC), which went bankrupt in 1995.
In 1996, Cray Research was acquired by Silicon Graphics (SGI).
In 2000, Cray Inc. was formed when Tera Computer Company purchased the Cray Research Inc. business from SGI and adopted the name of its acquisition.[11]
In 2019, the company was acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise for $1.3 billion.[12]
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- ^ a b "CRAY INC 2015 Annual Report Form (10-K)" (XBRL). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. February 19, 2015.
- ^ "CRAY INC 2014 Annual Report Form (10-K)" (XBRL). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. February 19, 2015.
- ^ "High Performance Computing". Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Kardashian, Kirk (August 5, 2015). "Could a 'Moneyball' approach help VCs improve their success rate?". Fortune.
- ^ "TOP500 Supercomputer Sites". TOP500.
- ^ "Where We Are & What We Do: Locations & Products". Cray Inc. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Worldwide Sales and Service: Contact Information". Cray Inc. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Cray, Form S-3, Filing Date Jan 6, 2003". secdatabase.com.
- ^ "Cray, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Apr 17, 2000". secdatabase.com.
- ^ "HPE is buying Cray for $1.3 billion". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 22, 2020.[permanent dead link]