In 1976, Seymour Cray designed and Cay Research, Inc. released the Cray-1 supercomputer, said to be ten times more powerful than any other computer in the world. In 1985, the company released the Cray ...

Sometimes it is hard to remember just how far computers have come in the last three or four decades. An old NASA video (see below) has been restored with better sound and video recently that shows ...

Some of the world’s most challenging algorithms can be worked out in mere moments by supercomputers, a type of computing technology which goes well beyond the processing power found in a typical ...

It is wild to think about, but the mobile devices we carry in our pockets and hold in the palms of our hands today are orders of magnitude more powerful than some of the original computers — ...

The Cray-2 suppercomputer was made by Cray Research beginning in 1985. For a time, it held the title of world’s fastest computing machine. The CRAY-2 had more memory than several hundred PCs and an ...

Changing the world takes a bit of focus. “It was exciting times because you knew you were building the world’s best,” said Jim Mandelert, who worked at supercomputer manufacturer Cray Research from ...

There is no denying that technology has improved — but by how much? People often take smartphones for granted. Everyone has one glued to their hand, with music, social media, texting, calling, and ...

It's absolutely astonishing how fast computer technology has progressed in the last 30 years. "When benchmarking the Apple iPad 2, the University of Tennessee employee achieved 4 GFLOPS per Watt on ...

In the race for the most powerful computers, Fugaku, a Japanese supercomputer, recently beat American and Chinese machines. By Don Clark The price was relatively small, but the deal may have a big ...