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 ...

The CRAY - 2 Computer System sets the standard for the next generation of supercomputers. It uses the most advanced technology.

As the below chart shows, he found the iPad 2 to be as fast as the Cray 2 super-computer from the 1980s. The Cray-2 was originally the fastest super-computer in the world when it originally premiered.

Cray has been synonymous with supercomputing for nearly half a century. Now the legendary tech company is joining the business that pioneered Silicon Valley: HP Enterprise.

The Cray 2 runs at 250 MHz and had two gigabytes of memory (256 megabytes of million 64-bit words). Despite the breathless praise, history hasn’t been kind to the Cray 2.